“… when everything else fails, we communicate in the language of the stars”
Isabel Allende könyv Eva Luna
Forrás: Eva Luna
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Isabel Allende könyv Paula
Forrás: Paula
“Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.”
Isabel Allende könyv The House of the Spirits
Forrás: The House of the Spirits
“Happiness is pure kitsch; we come into the world to suffer and learn.”
Isabel Allende könyv La somma dei giorni
Forrás: La suma de los días
“The slave who dances is free… while he is dancing.”
Forrás: Island Beneath the Sea
“My worst flaw is that I tell secrets, my own and everybody else's.”
Forrás: My Invented Country : A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
Isabel Allende könyv Eva Luna
Forrás: Eva Luna
“His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.”
Isabel Allende könyv Daughter of Fortune
Forrás: Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende könyv The Stories of Eva Luna
Forrás: The Stories of Eva Luna
Isabel Allende könyv Maya's Notebook
Forrás: Maya's Notebook
“There is room in the human heart for all the divinities.”
Forrás: Island Beneath the Sea
“It’s easy to judge others when we are not going through the same thing.”
Isabel Allende könyv Maya's Notebook
Forrás: Maya's Notebook
“Before you conquer the mountain, you must learn to overcome your fear.”
Isabel Allende könyv City of the Beasts
Forrás: City of the Beasts
“She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality.”
Forrás: Island Beneath the Sea
“Land is something one should never sell. It is the only thing left when all else is gone.”
Isabel Allende könyv The House of the Spirits
Forrás: The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende könyv Daughter of Fortune
Forrás: Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende könyv The House of the Spirits
Változat: Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change.
Forrás: The House of the Spirits
“How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.”
Isabel Allende könyv Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
Forrás: Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
On her work In the Midst of Winter in “INTERVIEWS: Isabel Allende” https://bookpage.com/interviews/21986-isabel-allende-fiction#.XajuoPlKjcs in BookPage (2017 Oct 31)
On how her sense of self remains tied to her native country in “Isabel Allende: 'Few couples survive the death of one child, let alone three'” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/02/isabel-allende-interview-marriage-breakup-the-japanese-lover in The Guardian (2015 Dec 2)
On how her miserable childhood may have inadvertently affected her writing in “The incredible life of Isabel Allende” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/10589928/The-incredible-life-of-Isabel-Allende.html in The Telegraph (2014 Jan 28)
