I read on my iPad when I travel. I listen to audiobooks in the car. I read books in my bedroom, where I have a comfortable couch, a lamp and two dogs to keep me warm.

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• Isabel Allende:

  I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in the

• Isabel Allende:

  I have written about Chile extensively, and therefore I have read many books on the subject, mostly

• Isabel Allende:

  Kids are smart: don't underestimate their bull detector. Contemporary kids have access to a lot of

• Isabel Allende:

  I feel that telling my secrets makes me less vulnerable. What would make me vulnerable are the secr

• Isabel Allende:

  I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in

• Isabel Allende:

  The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage

• Isabel Allende:

  It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

• Isabel Allende:

  I remember my childhood as a horrible time. My mother says that nothing so horrible ever happened t

• Isabel Allende:

  At five I was already a feminist, and nobody used the word in Chile yet.

• Isabel Allende:

  If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story.