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My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses.

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
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I have travelled all over the world and one thing that amazes me is that I can communicate with people. My story may be different but emotionally we are all the same.
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A book is not an end in itself it is only a way to touch someone - a bridge extended across a space of loneliness and obscurity - and sometimes it is a way of winning other people to our causes.
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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 thier life force.
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I'm not a fan of mysteries, so to prepare for this experience of writing a mystery I started reading the most successful ones in the market in 2012. And I realized I cannot write that kind of book. It's too gruesome, too violent, too dark there's no redemption there.
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The world starts to exist, for Americans, when we are in conflict with a place. And then all of a sudden, Afghanistan pops up on the TV screen and it becomes a place. And it exists for three weeks and then it disappears into thin air.
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Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
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I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.
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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.
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Youth is not a period in life but a state of mind.
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You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.
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Barrabas came to us by the sea.
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In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this country. That is why it's so powerful in many ways, and so creative.
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The one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the background like a spirit, like a shadow, almost. There's a very delicate line there.
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That is the best part of writing: finding the hidden treasures, giving sparkle to worn out events, invigorating the tired soul with imagination, creating some kind of truth with many lies.
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Sex is the instrument and love the music.
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We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.
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The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.
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I'm an expert. I can kill anybody and not be caught.
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I'm such a control freak. I want to control even my own death. Decide when I will die and how.
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The success occurs in a place outside of me, and doesn't touch me on an intimate level. I live in my own skin, I have not changed greatly, I remain the same woman.
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