I write, she wrote, that 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
Born: August 2, 1942
Isabel Allende (born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002), which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Biographical information from: Wikiquote
المعارف لا تفيد كثيرًا ما لم يكن المرء قادرًا على الدفاع عن نفسه.
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The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.
We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.
you can tell the deepest truths with the lies of fiction
قبر مبهر!، انه الشيء الوحيد الذي يبقى، فبعد مئة سنة سيتمكن زائروا المقبرة من الاعجاب بقبري و سيتخيلون أنني عشت حياة طيبة
لا أجد في نفسي عيوبًا سوى كوني امرأة ، وهذه تبدو جريمة كافية . فنحن المتهمات بشبق الرجال . ولكن ، أليست الخطيئة من مسؤولية من يرتكبها ؟ فلماذا عليّ أن أدفع ثمن خطايا الآخرين ؟
لا يكسب من يملك الحق، وإنّما من يحسن المساومة.
All you will have is the present. Waste no energy crying over yesterday or dreaming of tomorrow. Nostalgia is fatiguing and destructive, it is the vice of the expatriate. You must put down roots as if they were forever, you must have a sense of permanence.
Nothing strong can be built on a foundation of lies and omissions.
The only cure for so much misfortune is love. It’s not the force of gravity that keeps the universe in balance, but the binding power of love.
ماذا هناك في الجانب الآخر من الحياة؟ أهو ليل صامت ووحدة فقط؟ ما الذي يبقى عندما لا تكون ثمة رغبات ولا ذكريات ولا آمال؟ ماذا يوجد في الموت؟ لو أنني اتطيع البقاء جامدة، دون كلام، دون تفكير، دون توسل يمكنني عندئذ أن أسمعك يا ابنتي.
After a few months without writing, months I've lived turned outward... I fear going deaf, not being able to hear the silence.
Los hombres hacen lo que pueden, las mujeres hacen lo que los hombres no pueden.
إننا تافهون مقارنة مع أبعاد الكون ومسار التاريخ، وكل شيء سيستمر على حاله بعد موتنا وكأننا لم نوجد على الإطلاق.