“Pain is universal. We all experience pain, loss, and death the same way.”— Isabel Allende, Interviews collected on the author's websiteShare
“Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it's silent, tranquil, and gentle.”— Isabel AllendeShare
“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.”— Isabel AllendeShare
“Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.”— Isabel AllendeShare
“All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.”— Leo TolstoyShare
“The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.”— Robert BurnsShare
“Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end.”— Albert CamusShare
