Isabel Allende

"I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy."

- Isabel Allende

"Writing is a calling, not a choice."

- Isabel Allende

"Every person is born with a talent, and happiness depends on discovering that talent in time."

- Isabel Allende

"You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not."

- Isabel Allende

"True friendship resists time, distance and silence."

- Isabel Allende

"Write what should not be forgotten."

- Isabel Allende

"I can promise you that women working together – linked, informed and educated – can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."

- Isabel Allende

"I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."

- Isabel Allende

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

"We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward."

- Isabel Allende

"We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test."

- Isabel Allende

"Todos tenemos una reserva insospechada de fuerza en el interior que emerge cuando la vida nos pone a prueba."

- Isabel Allende

"True friendship resists time, distance, and silence."

- Isabel Allende

"For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men."

- Isabel Allende

"Believe in yourself and be proud of who you are. Don't let anyone tell you differently. There is beauty in everyone and no one should stop you from growing into a confident and strong young person."

- Isabel Allende

"There is no death, daughter. People only die when we forget them. If you can remember me, I will be with you always."

- Isabel Allende

"I don’t want an uneventful and safe life, I prefer an adventurous one."

- Isabel Allende

"We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward."

- Isabel Allende

"I can promise you that women working together—linked, informed and educated—can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."

- Isabel Allende

"I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed, and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."

- Isabel Allende

"I can promise you that women working together—linked, informed, and educated—can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."

- Isabel Allende

"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

"Escribe lo que no debe ser olvidado."

- Isabel Allende

"A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons."

- Isabel Allende

"You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich."

- Isabel Allende

"We only have what we give."

- Isabel Allende

"We have to defend democracy, but remember that not everything is politics. Without science, industry, and technology, no progress is possible, and without music and art, there’s no soul."

- Isabel Allende