Allende, Isabel

Für Menschen, die den Terror und die Folter überlebt haben, ist der Versöhnungsgedanke unerträglich. Ich würde niemals wagen zu sagen: Liebe deine Feinde. Aber wir müssen an unsere Kinder und Enkel denken, statt uns gegenseitig mit Vernichtung und Haß zu verfolgen.
Isabel Allende

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 “The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”
Isabel Allende

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 “Write what should not be forgotten.”
Isabel Allende

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 “The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything.”
Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts

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 “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

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 “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.”
Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows

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“There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.”
Isabel Allende, Eva Luna

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“We only have what we give.”
Isabel Allende

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“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.”
Isabel Allende, The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir

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