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 one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the background like a spirit, like a shadow, almost. There's a very delicate line there.
Isabel AllendeYou are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell.
Isabel Allende