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

How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.

— 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

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'd realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story.

— Isabel Allende

I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours.

— Isabel Allende

I go, but I always remember you.

— Isabel Allende

I had a serious library at my disposal, because my Pop believed that culture entered by osmosis, and it was better to start early, but my favorite books were fairy tales.

— Isabel Allende

I have a hundred-year-old aunt who aspires to sainthood, and whose only wish has been to go into the convent, but no congregation, not even the Little Sisters of Charity, could tolerate her for more than a few weeks, so the family has had to look after her. Believe me, there is nothing so insufferable as a saint, I wouldn't sic one on my worst enemy.

— Isabel Allende