A book is not an end in itself; it is only a way to touch someone - a bridge extended across a space of loneliness and obscurity - and sometimes it is a way of winning other people to our causes.
Isabel AllendeThe pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential.
Isabel AllendeWe all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.
Isabel AllendeOnly that, nothing more - a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand it and thus to initiate, if possible, a change in the conscience of some readers.
Isabel Allende