843 Quotes by Isabel Allende

His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.

I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it!

I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.

Agosins poetic language engages the reader in a mesmerizing journey of inward reflection and exile.

She never imagined a scenario in which her love was not returned with the same depth of feeling, for to her it was impossible to believe that a love of such magnitude could have stunned only her. The most elementary logic and justice indicated that somewhere in the city he was suffering the same delicious torment.

I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently.

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.

I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for a year, and I took care of her at home until she died in my arms in December of 1992.

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.