I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the message, even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form. – Isabel Allende
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
Women have always been courageous… They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights. – Isabel Allende
I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist – although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. – Isabel Allende