...when everything else fails, we communicate in the language of the stars Isabel Allende More Quotes by Isabel Allende More Quotes From Isabel Allende 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 gratitude unconditional-love children Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. If she doesn’t show up invited, eventually she just shows up Isabel Allende muse shows writing You are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell. Isabel Allende damnation angel love ...memory is fragile and the space of a single life is brief, passing so quickly that we never get a chance to see the relationship between events; we cannot gauge the consequences of our acts, and we believe in the fiction of past, present, and future, but it may also be true that everything happens simultaneously. Isabel Allende memories believe past We only have what we give. Isabel Allende compassion helping-others giving All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. Isabel Allende issues loyalty writing True friendship resists time, distance and silence. Isabel Allende true-friend distance silence I try desperately to conquer the transitory nature of my existence, to trap moments before they evenesce, to untangle the confusion of my past. Every instant disappears in a breath and immediately becomes the past; reality is ephemeral and changing, pure longing. Isabel Allende confusion reality past Boredom, Timothy Duane assured me, is nothing more than anger without passion. Isabel Allende assured boredom passion What is truer than truth? Answer: the story. Isabel Allende stories answers The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything. Isabel Allende uninformed explanation young Sisters: talk to each other, be connected and informed, form women's circles, share your stories, work together, and take risks. Together we are invincible. Isabel Allende strong-women risk circles Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process. Isabel Allende making-love worry writing As my Popo used to say, life is a tapestry we weave day by day with threads of different colors, some heavy and dark, others thin and bright, all the threads having their uses. The stupid things I did are already in the tapestry, indelible, but I’m not going to be weighed down by them till I die. What’s done is done; I have to look ahead. Isabel Allende color stupid dark Write what should not be forgotten. Isabel Allende should forgotten writing How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak? Isabel Allende ubuntu war peace You spend the first part of your life collecting things ... and the second half getting rid of them. Isabel Allende collecting-things half firsts The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . . Isabel Allende inability voice want The two moments are much alike: birth and death are made of the same fabric. Isabel Allende fabric birth two When you make an omelet, as when you make love, affection counts for more than technique. Isabel Allende affection making-love technique
