“Daily life is brimful of fantasy and at the same time books are saturated with reality.”

— Isabel Allende, Imagine 1, Winter 1984

About Isabel Allende

Born 1942

Chilean-American novelist, author of "The House of the Spirits".

“Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it's silent, tranquil, and gentle.”

“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.”

“Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.”

“Learn what dwells in man, what is not given to man, and what men live by.”

“We must all learn to live together as brothers, or we will all perish together as fools.”

“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”

“Let us learn from the lips of death the lessons of life.”

“He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.”

“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living.”