Isabel Allende

“The heart is a strange beast and not ruled by logic.”

“Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.”

“Write what should not be forgotten.”

“We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.”

“Perhaps we are in this world to search for love, find it and lose it, again and again. With each love, we are born anew, and with each love that ends we collect a new scar. I am covered with proud scars.”

“You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not.”

“There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them... If you can remember me, I will be with you always.”

“What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.”

“For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.”

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”

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