In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today. Isabel Allende More Quotes by Isabel Allende More Quotes From Isabel Allende Youth is not a period in life but a state of mind. Isabel Allende youth states mind Everyone in his place and a place for everyone. Isabel Allende You have the health you deserve. Isabel Allende deserve When a man's earning his living doing things he doesn't like, he feels like a slave; when he's doing what he loves, he feels like a prince. Isabel Allende slave earning men His lifetime was less than a fraction of a second in infinity. Or maybe he did not even exist; maybe human beings, the planets, everything in Creation were a dream...an illusion. He smiled with humility when he remembered. Isabel Allende infinity humility dream It is absurd to imagine that any child will be able to earn a living, let alone contribute to resolving our world's complex problems, without knowing how to read and write. My foundation supports the National Writing Project so that teachers can be more effective in their efforts to improve literacy for all students. Isabel Allende writing teacher children We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged. Isabel Allende quality want world Twittering and blogging and all that is fine, but there is no idea of how to phrase something beautifully; how to use language to create an emotion. It's just passing information and sometimes very superficial information. Isabel Allende blogging information ideas Real soup is to the body what peace is to the soul. Isabel Allende body real soul Someone has said that conversation is sex for the soul. Isabel Allende That is the best part of writing: finding the hidden treasures, giving sparkle to worn out events, invigorating the tired soul with imagination, creating some kind of truth with many lies. Isabel Allende tired writing lying The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. Isabel Allende giving order lying Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other. Isabel Allende eros balance way The writer of good will carries a lamp to illuminate the dark corners. Isabel Allende corners lamps dark Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is badly out of balance, in favor of men. Isabel Allende males balance men Fiction happens in the womb. It doesn't get processed in the mind until you do the editing. Isabel Allende editing mind fiction Only that, nothing more - a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand it and thus to initiate, if possible, a change in the conscience of some readers. Isabel Allende tiny light reality I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. Isabel Allende strength strong loss So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote herself completely to the struggle for women's suffrage. She was not aware that such a sacrifice would not be necessary, and that she would marry a man for love who would back her up in her political goals. Isabel Allende giving-up determination love A novel is like a window, open to an infinite landscape. Isabel Allende landscape infinite window
