Isabel Allende Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other.”

“I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can't change it and I like it.”

“I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans.”

“I'm living in California but I have a place that is mine in Chile and I belong there. I am no longer an exile.”

“If I didn't write my soul would dry up and die.”

“It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.”

“Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders.”

“Writing is a calling, not a choice.”

“I never thought that I would come to live in the United States. I was not pursuing the American dream.”

“I'm very optimistic because I think that the real strength of a nation like the United States comes from blending cultures. There's no way that you can close the frontiers anywhere. The borders are there to be violated permanently.”