Isabel Allende quotes - page 4

our demons lose their power when we pull them out of the depths where they hide and look them in the face in broad daylight. (Isabel Allende)
It's easy to judge others when we are not going through the same thing. View quote
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You only have one life, but if you live it well, that's enough. The only reality is now, today. What are you waiting for to be happy? View quote
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Before you conquer the mountain, you must learn to overcome your fear. View quote
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You are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell. View quote
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The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less! View quote
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I am an American citizen and it is my home now. I like the U.S.A., which is not a place too many people have liked since Bush. The U.S. has a young population, and everything can change within a year. View quote
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I like Hillary Clinton a lot. I know her. View quote
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Empowering women means trusting them. View quote
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I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form. View quote
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The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. (Isabel Allende)
I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of what that person should say and I would put my words in his mouth. View quote
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I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me on the screen. Then when the whole story is told, I print it, wait a week and read it. View quote
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The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential. View quote
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I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing. View quote
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I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it! View quote
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The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn't find a place for myself, for years and years. View quote
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If you change the way you tell your own story, you can change the colour and create a life in technicolour. View quote
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One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who are marginalized, who have no means or resources and somehow manage to get out of those situations with incredible strength - and that is more important than anything. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Isabel Allende)
Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights. View quote
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From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview, to find information, to research, and above all, to use language as efficiently as possible and to remember always that there is a reader out there. View quote
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Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders. View quote
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A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons. View quote
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