Isabel Allende

Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#love

Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#change

He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#arrogance

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#first-sentence

La verdadera amistad resiste el tiempo, la distancia y el silencio. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#friendship #friendship

Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#life #death

A veces, para exorcizar los demonios de un recuerdo es necesario contarlo como un cuento ↗

— Isabel Allende

#vida

After a few months without writing, months I've lived turned outward... I fear going deaf, not being able to hear the silence. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#inspirational

Do you truly believe that life is fair, Senor de la Vega? -No, maestro, but I plan to do everything in my power to make it so. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#life

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 Allende

#religion