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Isabel Allende — Portrait after a picture by Lesekreis (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons. This drawing is shared under the same licence.

The quotations of

Isabel Allende

Chilean writer

born 1942

5 quotes.

Photographs deceive time, freezing it on a piece of cardboard where the soul is silent.
Of Love and Shadows (1984)
- Photography
The written word is an act of human solidarity. I write so that people will love each other more.
In Interviews with Latin American Writers (1989)
- Writing
Jealousy. The person who hasn’t felt it cannot know how much it hurts, or imagine the madness committed in its name. (p368)
Portrait in Sepia (2000)
- Envy
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.
Of Love and Shadows (1984)
- Sex
- Women
Memory is fiction. We select the brightest and the darkest, ignoring what we are ashamed of, and so embroider the broad tapestry of our lives. (p433)
Portrait in Sepia (2000)
- Truth & Lies

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