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Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.


Isabel Allende

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ISABEL ALLENDE En el amor nadie piensa en la conveniencia.
ISABEL ALLENDE Estaba feliz de haber perdido todo.
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ISABEL ALLENDE Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment.
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ISABEL ALLENDE Si es cierto que las casas se impregnan de la vida transcurrida entre sus paredes, en el caso de los...
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ISABEL ALLENDE I must not linger on details, daughter, because if we dally, this account may be left unfinished, an...
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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