Isabel Allende

Write what should not be forgotten. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#on-writing #writing #writing-advice #write

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

— Isabel Allende

#spirit

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. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#unconditional-love #change

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#remembrance #death

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. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#sex #women #love

We only have what we give. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#compassion #helping-others #compassion

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

— Isabel Allende

#inspiration #inspirational

You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#inspirational

A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#men-and-women #men

He had only to touch me to turn my tears into sighs and my anger to desire. How accomodating love is; it forgives everything. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#isabel-allende #anger