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Top 500 Isabel Allende Quotes (2026 Update)
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Isabel Allende Quote: “They’re really good people. Quakers are always to be found where they’re most needed.”

451. “They’re really good people. Quakers are always to be found where they’re most needed.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “What I learned then helps now in my writing: working under pressure, conducting an interview, doing research, using the language efficiently. I never forget that a book is not an end in itself. Just like a newspaper or a magazine, a book is a means of communication, which is why I try to grab the reader by the throat and not let go to the end.”

452. “What I learned then helps now in my writing: working under pressure, conducting an interview, doing research, using the language efficiently. I never forget that a book is not an end in itself. Just like a newspaper or a magazine, a book is a means of communication, which is why I try to grab the reader by the throat and not let go to the end.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Suggestion works miracles.”

453. “Suggestion works miracles.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Considering the circumstances, it was a rather good kiss. In reality, it would have been perfect if they both had not been coughing from the smoke.”

454. “Considering the circumstances, it was a rather good kiss. In reality, it would have been perfect if they both had not been coughing from the smoke.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “It was a long week of penitence and fasting, during which there were no card games and no music that might lead to lust or abandon; and within the limits of possibility, the strictest sadness and chastity were observed, even though it was precisely at this time that the forked tail of the devil pricked most insistently at Catholic flesh.”

455. “It was a long week of penitence and fasting, during which there were no card games and no music that might lead to lust or abandon; and within the limits of possibility, the strictest sadness and chastity were observed, even though it was precisely at this time that the forked tail of the devil pricked most insistently at Catholic flesh.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “The spotless order of barracks and the artificial peace of fear reigned everywhere.”

456. “The spotless order of barracks and the artificial peace of fear reigned everywhere.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Years sneak by quickly, on tiptoe, scoffing, and suddenly they give us a fright in the mirror or smack us on the back. Every minute is precious and we can’t waste it on misunderstanding, impatience, jealousy, pettiness, or the other silly stuff that soils relationships. In truth this formula can be applied at any age because it’s always the case that our days are limited. If I had lived this.”

457. “Years sneak by quickly, on tiptoe, scoffing, and suddenly they give us a fright in the mirror or smack us on the back. Every minute is precious and we can’t waste it on misunderstanding, impatience, jealousy, pettiness, or the other silly stuff that soils relationships. In truth this formula can be applied at any age because it’s always the case that our days are limited. If I had lived this.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Ya no es necesario, podemos ejercer nuestro poder desde la feminidad. Como Eliza, adquirimos libertad y seguimos luchando para preservarla, ampliarla y lograr que alcance para todas.”

458. “Ya no es necesario, podemos ejercer nuestro poder desde la feminidad. Como Eliza, adquirimos libertad y seguimos luchando para preservarla, ampliarla y lograr que alcance para todas.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “There’s no feminism without economic independence.”

459. “There’s no feminism without economic independence.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I don’t look bad despite my age, do I? The few friends I have left look like iguanas.”

460. “I don’t look bad despite my age, do I? The few friends I have left look like iguanas.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “In Chile it is bad manners to acknowledge that you’re overly satisfied, because that can irritate the less fortunate, which is why for us the correct answer to the question “How are you?” is “So-so.” That is an opening for sympathizing with the other speaker’s situation.”

461. “In Chile it is bad manners to acknowledge that you’re overly satisfied, because that can irritate the less fortunate, which is why for us the correct answer to the question “How are you?” is “So-so.” That is an opening for sympathizing with the other speaker’s situation.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I realized also that in Nahuel, that town of hospitable neighbors, you only had to scratch the surface to uncover the ugliest of vices, though my mentors insisted that cruelty wasn’t inherent to the human condition, merely something born of ignorance and poverty. “It’s much easier to be generous with a full belly than an empty one,” they said. I’ve never believed that, though, because I’ve seen that both kindness and cruelty exist everywhere.”

462. “I realized also that in Nahuel, that town of hospitable neighbors, you only had to scratch the surface to uncover the ugliest of vices, though my mentors insisted that cruelty wasn’t inherent to the human condition, merely something born of ignorance and poverty. “It’s much easier to be generous with a full belly than an empty one,” they said. I’ve never believed that, though, because I’ve seen that both kindness and cruelty exist everywhere.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “All husbands are boring... No woman with ounce of sense gets married to be entertained, she marries to be maintained.”

463. “All husbands are boring... No woman with ounce of sense gets married to be entertained, she marries to be maintained.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “It was a long night, perhaps the longest in my life. I spent it sitting next to Rosa’s tomb, speaking with her, accompanying her on the first part of her journey to the Hereafter, which is when it’s hardest to detach yourself from earth and you need the love of those who have remained behind, so you can leave with at least the consolation of having planted something in someone else’s heart.”

464. “It was a long night, perhaps the longest in my life. I spent it sitting next to Rosa’s tomb, speaking with her, accompanying her on the first part of her journey to the Hereafter, which is when it’s hardest to detach yourself from earth and you need the love of those who have remained behind, so you can leave with at least the consolation of having planted something in someone else’s heart.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Girls are denied the right to be angry and to thrash about.”

465. “Girls are denied the right to be angry and to thrash about.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I never accepted the limited feminine role imposed upon me by my family, society, culture, and religion. At fifteen I walked away from the church forever, not for lack of faith – that cam later – but because of the inherent machismo of all religious organizations. I cannot belong to an institution that considers me a second-class member whose authorities, always male, enjoy complete impunity and enforce their rules with dogma.”

466. “I never accepted the limited feminine role imposed upon me by my family, society, culture, and religion. At fifteen I walked away from the church forever, not for lack of faith – that cam later – but because of the inherent machismo of all religious organizations. I cannot belong to an institution that considers me a second-class member whose authorities, always male, enjoy complete impunity and enforce their rules with dogma.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “The idea that everyone was equal was fine as a theoretical slogan, he said, but in practice it was an aberration. We are not equal in the eyes of.”

467. “The idea that everyone was equal was fine as a theoretical slogan, he said, but in practice it was an aberration. We are not equal in the eyes of.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “No one gives you anything in life, Teresa would say, you have to take it by force, and as soon as you get careless they’ll take it back.”

468. “No one gives you anything in life, Teresa would say, you have to take it by force, and as soon as you get careless they’ll take it back.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I was so drained I felt as if I were staring through a telescope at the light of a star dead for a million years.”

469. “I was so drained I felt as if I were staring through a telescope at the light of a star dead for a million years.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “According to the Dalai Lama, the only hope for peace and prosperity lies in the hands of women in the West.”

470. “According to the Dalai Lama, the only hope for peace and prosperity lies in the hands of women in the West.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Don’t think you’re so special – remember that the nail that sticks out is the one the hammer hits.”

471. “Don’t think you’re so special – remember that the nail that sticks out is the one the hammer hits.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Cada persona nace con una sola gracia la felicidad consiste en descubrirla a tiempo...”

472. “Cada persona nace con una sola gracia la felicidad consiste en descubrirla a tiempo...”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “He had had his mouth washed out with soap so often that he stopped calling Rosette his sister, but not enough to make him stop loving her with that terrible, possessive, absolute love that solitary children give.”

473. “He had had his mouth washed out with soap so often that he stopped calling Rosette his sister, but not enough to make him stop loving her with that terrible, possessive, absolute love that solitary children give.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “That is s-s-s-something.”

474. “That is s-s-s-something.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I didn’t get to prepare myself as well as I would’ve liked, and now there’s a lady, who must be death, sitting at the foot of my bed, motioning for me to follow her. I can’t distinguish clearly between night and day, and it doesn’t matter, because pain and memory aren’t measured with clocks. The morphine puts me to sleep and transports me to the dimension of dreams and visions.”

475. “I didn’t get to prepare myself as well as I would’ve liked, and now there’s a lady, who must be death, sitting at the foot of my bed, motioning for me to follow her. I can’t distinguish clearly between night and day, and it doesn’t matter, because pain and memory aren’t measured with clocks. The morphine puts me to sleep and transports me to the dimension of dreams and visions.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I took the opportunity to tell her about you, a stupendous young man, sensible and of solid principles, handsome, hardworking, and intelligent. Etelvina, who was serving the pie, froze with the knife in the air and asked me who I was talking about.”

476. “I took the opportunity to tell her about you, a stupendous young man, sensible and of solid principles, handsome, hardworking, and intelligent. Etelvina, who was serving the pie, froze with the knife in the air and asked me who I was talking about.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Like a luminous spiderweb, Popo. The threads of that web connect everything that exists. I can’t explain it to you. When you die, you’re going to travel like that comet, and I’ll be right behind, attached to your tail.” “We’ll be astral dust.”

477. “Like a luminous spiderweb, Popo. The threads of that web connect everything that exists. I can’t explain it to you. When you die, you’re going to travel like that comet, and I’ll be right behind, attached to your tail.” “We’ll be astral dust.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Love doesn’t grow like a wild plant, it needs a lot of care.”

478. “Love doesn’t grow like a wild plant, it needs a lot of care.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Estaba harta de contemplar desde abajo los vellos de la nariz del resto de la humanidad.”

479. “Estaba harta de contemplar desde abajo los vellos de la nariz del resto de la humanidad.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Patriarchy is imposed with aggression; it demands obedience and punishes those who defy it.”

480. “Patriarchy is imposed with aggression; it demands obedience and punishes those who defy it.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I want to transform rage into creative energy and guilt into a mocking acceptance of my faults; I want to sweep away arrogance and vanity.”

481. “I want to transform rage into creative energy and guilt into a mocking acceptance of my faults; I want to sweep away arrogance and vanity.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “In 1920 a political leader was elected who for the first time preached social justice: Arturo Alessandri Palma, nicknamed The Lion. He came from a middle-class family of second-generation Italian immigrants.”

482. “In 1920 a political leader was elected who for the first time preached social justice: Arturo Alessandri Palma, nicknamed The Lion. He came from a middle-class family of second-generation Italian immigrants.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Most people live their lives without any link with the divine and do not note the signs, coincidences, premonitions, and small daily miracles in which the supernatural is manifest.”

483. “Most people live their lives without any link with the divine and do not note the signs, coincidences, premonitions, and small daily miracles in which the supernatural is manifest.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Poetry is what stays in your head and isn’t forgotten.”

484. “Poetry is what stays in your head and isn’t forgotten.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I wait for you to complete the voyage into yourself, for the old wounds to heal. I know that when you return from your nightmares, we shall again walk hand in hand, as before.”

485. “I wait for you to complete the voyage into yourself, for the old wounds to heal. I know that when you return from your nightmares, we shall again walk hand in hand, as before.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “He said that knowledge was of little use without wisdom, and that there was no wisdom without spirituality, and that true spirituality always included service to others. As.”

486. “He said that knowledge was of little use without wisdom, and that there was no wisdom without spirituality, and that true spirituality always included service to others. As.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “He felt that Christianity, like almost all forms of superstition, made men weaker and more resigned, and that the point was not to await some reward in the sky but to fight for one’s rights on earth.”

487. “He felt that Christianity, like almost all forms of superstition, made men weaker and more resigned, and that the point was not to await some reward in the sky but to fight for one’s rights on earth.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I don’t have to cultivate the image of fortitude instilled by my grandfather, which was very useful earlier in my life but not anymore; now I can ask for help and be sentimental.”

488. “I don’t have to cultivate the image of fortitude instilled by my grandfather, which was very useful earlier in my life but not anymore; now I can ask for help and be sentimental.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “But that’s how nostalgia is: a slow dance in a large circle. Memories don’t organize themselves chronologically, they’re like smoke, changing, ephemeral, and if they’re not written down they fade into oblivion.”

489. “But that’s how nostalgia is: a slow dance in a large circle. Memories don’t organize themselves chronologically, they’re like smoke, changing, ephemeral, and if they’re not written down they fade into oblivion.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “If God exists... God would be a Marxist.”

490. “If God exists... God would be a Marxist.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I have lived in a rough sea where waves would lift me and then drop me to the bottom.”

491. “I have lived in a rough sea where waves would lift me and then drop me to the bottom.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Docility, praised as a feminine virtue, is our worst enemy; it has never served us well, it is only convenient for men.”

492. “Docility, praised as a feminine virtue, is our worst enemy; it has never served us well, it is only convenient for men.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Exert some independence; you’re not a little girl. You can’t let anyone else decide things for you. You have to take care of yourself in this world,” she said.”

493. “Exert some independence; you’re not a little girl. You can’t let anyone else decide things for you. You have to take care of yourself in this world,” she said.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “The General was right. No one dies of hunger here – you reach out your hand and pluck a mango. That’s why there is no progress. Cold countries have more advanced civilizations because the climate forces people to work.”

494. “The General was right. No one dies of hunger here – you reach out your hand and pluck a mango. That’s why there is no progress. Cold countries have more advanced civilizations because the climate forces people to work.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “My erotic passion is quieter now, and maybe someday it will disappear altogether; I have heard that happens with age. I don’t want to think about that possibility right now. If it happens, I hope that passion can be replaced by humor, tenderness, and camaraderie, as some of my older friends who have partners have said.”

495. “My erotic passion is quieter now, and maybe someday it will disappear altogether; I have heard that happens with age. I don’t want to think about that possibility right now. If it happens, I hope that passion can be replaced by humor, tenderness, and camaraderie, as some of my older friends who have partners have said.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I related my impressions of La Paz, its purple mountains, its hermetic Indians, and its air, so thin that your lungs are always on the verge of filling with foam and your mind with hallucinations.”

496. “I related my impressions of La Paz, its purple mountains, its hermetic Indians, and its air, so thin that your lungs are always on the verge of filling with foam and your mind with hallucinations.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “I need nothing, he told himself with the cunning pride of those with a calling for solitude.”

497. “I need nothing, he told himself with the cunning pride of those with a calling for solitude.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Question from a journalist to the Dalai Lama: Can you remember your past lives? Answer: At my age it’s hard to remember what happened yesterday.”

498. “Question from a journalist to the Dalai Lama: Can you remember your past lives? Answer: At my age it’s hard to remember what happened yesterday.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “Dicen que nunca se termina un libro, que simplemente el autor se da por vencido.”

499. “Dicen que nunca se termina un libro, que simplemente el autor se da por vencido.”

— Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Quote: “They’re not dead, Lenny. They’re more alive now than ever. That’s what happens with age: stories from the past come alive and stick to our skin. I’m so pleased we’re going to spend the next few years together.”

500. “They’re not dead, Lenny. They’re more alive now than ever. That’s what happens with age: stories from the past come alive and stick to our skin. I’m so pleased we’re going to spend the next few years together.”

— Isabel Allende

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