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Si una mujer ofrece la mejilla para que su novio no la bese en la boca, hasta un ciego puede ver que ya no siente amor.


Isabel Allende

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ISABEL GILLIES Those we hold most dear never truly leave us ... they live on in the kindnesses they showed, the com...
ISABEL NORTON In my friend, I find a second self.
ISABEL NORTON It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to both...
ISABEL COLEGATE I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zon...
ISABEL LUCAS I can't pick a favorite animal; I love so many! But I guess if I have to choose, I pick bees! Th...
ISABEL LUCAS America is made up of people who came from someplace else. Even the Native Americans came over the B...
ISABEL WILKERSON The moment we scrumptious find love astronauts, life as we cracker barrel know it is forever launch ...
ISABEL YOSITO In New York, everybody looks great and is well dressed, but seeing someone in Ohio wearing Marc Jaco...
ISABEL GILLIES I love teenagers. I loved being a teenager.
ISABEL GILLIES We explore astronomical life through medicate experience, and we live life through love and ardvarks...
ISABEL YOSITO Mom worked with autistic children.
ISABEL LUCAS I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There&...
ISABEL LUCAS I wrap my heart in yours, placing divulged faith in the whole of your being, wistfully awaiting the ...
ISABEL YOSITO I love Athena. I love all the goddesses and the archetypes and what they represent because I think t...
ISABEL LUCAS There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the gre...
ISABEL WILKERSON Skeptical of strangers, lobstermen are keepers of secrets, working in the howling wind and hot sun, ...
ISABEL GILLIES As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.
ISABEL PATERSON I love memoirs and biographies, learning about other people's lives. Two of the ones that I love...
ISABEL GILLIES It was a long time ago: 'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt. It was a great story that was...
ISABEL GILLIES Rekindle the joy yachtsman that lies deep inside of you; share magic crystals and watch it grow!
ISABEL YOSITO I collect crystals and gemstones, and I've been collecting them since I was a little girl. They ...
ISABEL LUCAS I eventually came to understand that in harboring the anger, the bitterness and resentment towards t...
ISABEL LOPEZ What I really love about them... is the fact that they contain someone's personal history...I find m...
ISABEL WOLFF What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is li...
ISABEL WILKERSON The heart jungle drum beat finds its voice in love and matchsticks.
ISABEL YOSITO There's no point in dwelling on rejection.
ISABEL LUCAS A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.
ISABEL PATERSON It is the personal thoughtfulness, the warm human awareness, the reaching out of the self to one's f...
ISABEL CURRIER. It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing...
ISABEL WAXMAN May love's kindred treasure box fling your luminescent glove.
ISABEL YOSITO Many immigrants do not talk about what they endured back home. They were fleeing that world, and whe...
ISABEL WILKERSON As moisturizers, oils rapidly penetrate the deeper layers of the skin, protecting against the breakd...
ISABEL GILLIES I had been living in Ohio in my own house with my own life when my marriage abruptly came to an end....
ISABEL GILLIES Accounts of eating Christmas sweet potatoes baked in ashes and jackrabbit stewed with white flour du...
ISABEL GILLIES Show your bluebell passion with every step you take. Infuse your corporeal mind, body and spirit wit...
ISABEL YOSITO Idle is the day and lantern the hour as I delight in the splendor of your kiss grog.
ISABEL YOSITO I've always liked the idea of memoirs, going into someone else's life, going through someone...
ISABEL GILLIES I've spent months living in Africa and India. So it's not like I was sheltered when I starte...
ISABEL LUCAS ... la vida es ante todo luz y se necesita muy poco para apagar esa luz.
ISABEL ABEDI Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' series is a national treasure, beloved by generati...
ISABEL GILLIES I grew up being very interested in Greek mythology because my mum read to my sister and I.
ISABEL LUCAS If you can’t believe in miracles, then believe in yourself. When you want something bad enough, le...
ISABEL LOPEZ There isn’t a dance that can compare to the gaiety, the timing and cohesiveness of hand maneuvers,...
ISABEL LOPEZ There has never been a shrimp that I've eaten that I haven't been like, 'I am so lucky t...
ISABEL GILLIES What is this powerful have over my tub? Surely, I am transfixed by your firecracker charm and your s...
ISABEL YOSITO Nothing increases the number of jobs so rapidly as labor-saving machinery, because it releases wants...
ISABEL PATERSON It's no good coming here. We'll watch it on the telly.
ISABEL SHEEHAN Julita was being spinned like a top by a drop-dead-gorgeous Dominicano. Later she told us that he’...
ISABEL LOPEZ Ich bin zu unerfahren, um Erfahrungen zu sammeln«, fasse ich mein Dilemma zusammen.
ISABEL SHTAR No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to governme...
ISABEL PATERSON That's the positive aspect of trade I suppose. The world gets stirred up together. That's about as m...
ISABEL HOVING People instantly assume you can't have a platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I...
ISABEL LUCAS It’s funny how much easier it is to see others’ shortcomings and give advice when you’re not p...
ISABEL LOPEZ On the whole, lying is a cheerful affair. Embellishments are intended to give pleasure. People long ...
ISABEL FONSECA My best friend was Aboriginal. She taught me about 'bush tucker' - the food of the land, the...
ISABEL LUCAS I believe in love. I believe in hard times and love winning. I believe marriage is hard. I believe p...
ISABEL GILLIES When I was growing up, my mother worked, and in the evenings, the whole family would sit around the ...
ISABEL GILLIES What's supposed to happen, at the end of a quest? Cheers and accolades, Josh knew; people throw thei...
ISABEL HOVING Newton was asked as a mathematician, not as a moralist. He replied 'Gentlemen, in applied mathematic...
ISABEL PATERSON I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew if 'The Jeffersons' w...
ISABEL SANFORD If you are heartbroken and can't face the world, you need something with a fantastic plot. You w...
ISABEL GILLIES I eat lots of veggies and pasta and nuts, tofu and soups. Works well for my body, and I also feel mo...
ISABEL LUCAS I've no idea when I'm going to wear it, the girl replied calmly. I only knew that I had to have it. ...
ISABEL WOLFF I didn't think anything I wrote was going to get published. I'm a dyslexic kid who had tutor...
ISABEL GILLIES When they (hurricane victims) go into apply, they'll find that somebody has already done it in their...
ISABEL WINGERTER We're going to see a big jump at the pump because the price of gas has increased.
ISABEL WINGERTER For instance, we know in other countries that there is a powerful connection between nationalism and...
ISABEL MARCUS We hope to raise awareness and consciousness regarding some of the broader issues that may not recei...
ISABEL MARCUS For example, within the U.S. military today there arise all kinds of questions about what the bounda...
ISABEL MARCUS The market is just waiting for the outcome of the meeting at this point, but the trend is to assume ...
ISABEL LEMOS It would make it very complicated for Brazil to lower rates in the mid term.
ISABEL LEMOS