Famous Isabel Allende Quotes

  • Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment. – Isabel Allende

    Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment.– Isabel Allende

  • He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.  – Isabel Allende

    He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul. – Isabel Allende

  • Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally. – Isabel Allende

    Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally.– Isabel Allende

  • I’d realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story. – Isabel Allende

    I’d realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story.– Isabel Allende

  • We only have what we give. – Isabel Allende

    We only have what we give.– Isabel Allende

  • I go, but I always remember you. – Isabel Allende

    I go, but I always remember you.– Isabel Allende

  • write with honesty and don’t worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they’ll hate you anyway. – Isabel Allende

    write with honesty and don’t worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they’ll hate you anyway.– Isabel Allende

  • Writing is a calling, not a choice. – Isabel Allende

    Writing is a calling, not a choice.– 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 would like to have been born a man, so I could leave too. – Isabel Allende

    I would like to have been born a man, so I could leave too.– Isabel Allende