They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another.
Isabel AllendeConceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows.
Isabel AllendeI can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
Isabel AllendeAnd the truth is that if a writer is successful, you gain readers. It benefits all the writers. It's important for all the writers that as many of us as possible be successful.
Isabel AllendeFear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it. Then there's another cavern that is just as big and terrifying, and you just go in and dwell in it and see what is the worst that can happen.
Isabel AllendeAs I travel through life, I gather experiences that lie imprinted on the deepest strata of memory, and there they ferment, are transformed, and sometimes rise to the surface and sprout like strange plants from other worlds. What is the fertile humus of the subconscious composed of? Why are certain images converted into recurrent themes in nightmares or writing?
Isabel Allende