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I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted... ISABEL ALLENDE All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming u... ISABEL ALLENDE I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear... ISABEL ALLENDE شيئًا فشيئًا أخذ غيابك وخسارات أخرى في حياتي بالتحول إ�... ISABEL ALLENDE I grew up being very interested in Greek mythology because my mum read to my sister and I. ISABEL LUCAS If you can’t believe in miracles, then believe in yourself. When you want something bad enough, le... ISABEL LOPEZ There isn’t a dance that can compare to the gaiety, the timing and cohesiveness of hand maneuvers,... ISABEL LOPEZ What is this powerful have over my tub? Surely, I am transfixed by your firecracker charm and your s... ISABEL YOSITO Nothing increases the number of jobs so rapidly as labor-saving machinery, because it releases wants... ISABEL PATERSON It's no good coming here. We'll watch it on the telly. ISABEL SHEEHAN I have a foot here and a foot in some spirit world. There are many more layers to reality, and that ... ISABEL ALLENDE La verdadera amistad resiste el tiempo, la distancia y el silencio. ISABEL ALLENDE The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night. ISABEL ALLENDE In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in m... ISABEL ALLENDE Julita was being spinned like a top by a drop-dead-gorgeous Dominicano. Later she told us that he’... ISABEL LOPEZ Ich bin zu unerfahren, um Erfahrungen zu sammeln«, fasse ich mein Dilemma zusammen. ISABEL SHTAR Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest. ISABEL ALLENDE En el amor nadie piensa en la conveniencia. ISABEL ALLENDE No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to governme... ISABEL PATERSON That's the positive aspect of trade I suppose. The world gets stirred up together. That's about as m... ISABEL HOVING Estaba feliz de haber perdido todo. ISABEL ALLENDE People instantly assume you can't have a platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I... ISABEL LUCAS It’s funny how much easier it is to see others’ shortcomings and give advice when you’re not p... ISABEL LOPEZ On the whole, lying is a cheerful affair. Embellishments are intended to give pleasure. People long ... ISABEL FONSECA But I don't want more things than I need, either. ISABEL ALLENDE At times I feel as if I had lived all this before and that I have already written these very words, ... ISABEL ALLENDE Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment. ISABEL ALLENDE You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not. ISABEL ALLENDE The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage ... ISABEL ALLENDE My best friend was Aboriginal. She taught me about 'bush tucker' - the food of the land, the... ISABEL LUCAS The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insu... ISABEL ALLENDE توجد دائمًا طريقة لعمل ما ، ولدينا الإرادة لعمله ISABEL ALLENDE Si una mujer ofrece la mejilla para que su novio no la bese en la boca, hasta un ciego puede ver que... ISABEL ALLENDE I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my moth... ISABEL ALLENDE I was a political refugee living in Venezuela. I had a job that was twelve hours a day, no money. It... ISABEL ALLENDE السنون تمضي بتكتم على رؤوس أصابعها ساخرةً بصوتٍ هامس و�... ISABEL ALLENDE She was considered timid and morose. Only in the country, her skin tanned by the sun and her belly f... ISABEL ALLENDE I rebelled against all form of authority, against my grandfather, my step-father, the Church, the po... ISABEL ALLENDE He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, a... ISABEL ALLENDE If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always... ISABEL ALLENDE What's supposed to happen, at the end of a quest? Cheers and accolades, Josh knew; people throw thei... ISABEL HOVING Newton was asked as a mathematician, not as a moralist. He replied 'Gentlemen, in applied mathematic... ISABEL PATERSON I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew if 'The Jeffersons' w... ISABEL SANFORD