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Chilean writer (born 1942)

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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.

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Alternative Names: Isabel Allende Llona

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our demons lose their power when we pull them out of the depths where they hide and look them in the face in broad daylight. (p249)

Going around in a sulk will get you nowhere. Pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional.

"People do not belong to others, either. How can the huincas buy and sell people if they do not own them. Sometimes the boy went two or three days without speaking a word, surly, and not eating, and when asked what was the matter, the answer was always the same: "There are content days and there are sad days. Each person is a master of his silence.

Es fácil juzgar a otros cuando uno no ha sufrido esa experiencia

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Si fuera capaz de exteriorizar mis sentimientos, tal vez sufriría menos, pero se me quedan atorados adentro, como un inmenso bloque de hielo y pueden pasar años antes que el hielo empiece a derretirse.

عمري تسع وأربعون سنة. أضع يدي على قلبي وأقول بصوت طفلة: لا أريد أن أكون مثل أمي، بل سأكون مثل جدي، قوية ومستقلة وسليمة وقادرة، لن أقبل بأن يأمرني أحد ولا أن أكون مدينة لأحد؛ أريد أن أكون مثل جدي وأن أحمي أمي.

My father says that fear is good; it's the body's alarm system, it warns us of danger. But sometimes danger can't be avoided, and then you have to forget about being afraid.

Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change

Nothing strong can be built on a foundation of lies and omissions.

القتل يُكلّف قليلًا ، أما البقاء على قيد الحياة فهو الذي يُكلّف يا بُنيّ .

Be careful what you ask of Heaven; it might be granted.

We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning.

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.

My son, the Holy Church is on the right, but Jesus Christ was always on the left.