Isabel Allende - Living Quotes

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The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of their life force.

Isabel Allende

The things we forget may as well never have happened, but she had many memories, both real and illusory, and that was like living twice.

Isabel Allende

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

In Venezuela, when I was living there, crime was growing. You couldn't feel safe anywhere. You couldn't leave your car in the street because it would be stolen. You coun't live in your house if you didn't have a high-security alarm system, because you would be burglarized seven times a week.

Isabel Allende

When a man's earning his living doing things he doesn't like, he feels like a slave; when he's doing what he loves, he feels like a prince.

Isabel Allende