The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother's obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape.

Isabel Allende


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I learned very quickly that when you emigrate, you lose the crutches that have been your support; you must begin from zero, because the past is erased with a single stroke and no one cares where you’re from or what you did before.

Isabel Allende

Tags: identity emigration



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Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.

Isabel Allende

Tags: life death



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Los hombres hacen lo que pueden, las mujeres hacen lo que los hombres no pueden.

Isabel Allende

Tags: i-m-not-a-feminist-but



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أن أحدًا لا يقرأ غير ما يهتّم به

Isabel Allende


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توجد دائمًا طريقة لعمل ما ، ولدينا الإرادة لعمله

Isabel Allende


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نظنّ أن هذه الأشياء لا تقع إلا للآخرين . حتى اليوم الذي تقع فيه على رؤوسنا

Isabel Allende


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لقد عرف كيف يموت ، كما عرف كيف يعيش

Isabel Allende


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I must not get ahead of myself. If I do not narrate the events of my life with rigor and harmony, I will lose my way.

Isabel Allende


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You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.

Isabel Allende


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