Quotes from The Stories of Eva Luna

“A veces, para exorcizar los demonios de un recuerdo es necesario contarlo como un cuento”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“ان الكلمات مثل العصافير ، تمضي طليقة دون نظام ولا وعي وبإمكان أي كان بقليل من السحر أن يحبسها ليتاجر بها”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Es cosa de tiempo, ojo y corazón”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“She went by the name of Belisa Crepusculario, not because she'd been born with it or baptized it, but because she herself had searched until she found the poetry of 'beauty' and 'twilight' and cloaked herself in it. She made her living selling words.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“No era un dolor de músculos entumecidos, sino de tristezas acumuladas y de abandono”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Estaba segura de que debía ser un hombre feo, tal vez enfermo o contrahecho, porque le parecía imposible que una sensibilidad tan profunda y una inteligencia tan precisa se sumara un aspecto atrayente.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“El espíritu se le fue desprendiendo en la misma medida en que le germinaron las alas”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“...la mujer inventó el amor sin compañero. Aventurándose sola en territorios alucinantes, con la audacia de quien no conoce los riesgos”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Y en ese instante, como si lo supiera todo, ella le dijo que el miedo es más fuerte que el deseo, el amor, el odio, la culpa, la rabia, más fuerte que la lealtad”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“أن التكلم هو كينونة أيضًا . فالإيماءة و الكلمة هما فكر الإنسان . ويجب عدم التحدث جزافًا ودون هدف”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Se debe tener mucho cuidado con los nombres de las personas y los seres vivos, porque al pronunciarlos se toca su corazón y entramos dentro de su fuerza vital”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Tal vez se sentía un poco sola o le pareció que era una oportunidad de hacer el amor sin preguntas...”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“أن جمال أولئك الأبطال الخياليين في الحكايات ليس له أي قيمة ، بل يمكن له أن يتحول إلى مبرر للتفاهة”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“...ella se iba desprendiendo de mi abrazo, y su espíritu, cada vez más etéreo, ya no me pesaba como antes. A los cinco días ella dio sus primeros pasos por los alrededores, mientras yo dormitaba, pero no estaba lista para seguir su viaje sola y volvió a mi lado”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Estábamos tan próximos que no podíamos vernos, ambos absortos en ese rito urgente, envueltos en el calor y el olor que hacíamos juntos. Me”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Es un momento profético, es toda nuestra existencia, todo lo vivido y lo por vivir, todas las épocas simultáneas, sin principio ni fin.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“...Ezio Longo, inmigrante de primera generación en el país, arquitecto sin título y constructor de oficio, quien se había propuesto fundar un imperio sobre cemento y acero y a los treinta y cinco años ya lo tenía casi consolidado”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Durante un interminable momento él las observó inmóvil hasta comprenderlo todo, amor, y verla atada con las correas sobre la parrilla eléctrica, y entonces pudieron abrazarse y llorar, hambrientos de pactos y de confidencias, de palabras prohibidas, de promesas de mañana, compartiendo, por fin, el más recóndito secreto”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Conociendo bien su destino, se cuidaba de las mujeres y a lo largo de su vida huyó de todo contacto sentimental, secando su corazón para el amor y limitándose a encuentros rápidos para burlar la soledad”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“I was so drained I felt as if I were staring through a telescope at the light of a star dead for a million years.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“El sótano se convirtió en un frasco sellado donde se revolcaron como gemelos traviesos navegando en aguas amnióticas, dos criaturas turgentes y aturdidas. Por”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

“Para tí el lenguaje es un hilo inagotable que tejes como si la vida se hiciera al contarla.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from The Stories of Eva Luna

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