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

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.”

“Photographs deceive time, freezing it on a piece of cardboard where the soul is silent.”

“Men of the most brilliant intelligence can be born, live and die in error and falsehood.”

“It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life.”

“There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death.”

“The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations.”

“No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.”

“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.”