Isabel Allende Quotes About Age

Quotes about: Age

• 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

  Feminist, Catholic, Age

• So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote herself completely to the struggle for women's suffrage. She was not aware that such a sacrifice would not be necessary, and that she would marry a man for love who would back her up in her political goals.

  Isabel Allende

  Love, Determination, Giving Up

• The fastest-growing population in the United States is the older people, because we are living much longer, healthier lives. The problem is, individuals often don't have the resources to take care of older people as they age. This is something that is happening, and we have to deal with it. It was happening also in my life.

  Isabel Allende

  People, Age, United States

  "The Lenny Interview: Isabel Allende". Interview with Collier Meyerson, www.lennyletter.com. January 15, 2016.

• Most people feel younger than their age, but the culture values youth, success, beauty, productivity. There is no space in this culture for older people.

  Isabel Allende

  Space, People, Age

  "The Lenny Interview: Isabel Allende". Interview with Collier Meyerson, www.lennyletter.com. January 15, 2016.

• At my age days dissolve like salt in water; the day's gone and I don't even know what I've done with the hours.

  Isabel Allende

  Time, Water, Age

  Isabel Allende (1993). “The Infinite Plan: A Novel”, Harpercollins

• I had a very rough childhood and not a happy one and by age 15 I was an old person in many ways. I knew that I had to take care of myself, I um and I always did.

  Isabel Allende

  Childhood, Age, Care

• My mum said that as you age you have to smell good and be clean and don't hate anybody because that makes you older. Um I don't agree. I think that of course you have to smell good and be clean but there's much more that you have to do. Don't complain, exercise, be be strong, um work, be creative, be related to the world, have causes, fight for them passionately. I think all those things are important. I I'm not going to give up and just smell good.

  Isabel Allende

  Strong, Giving Up, Hate

• Women age more in company because they have more relationships. Men have buddies. They have acquaintances, they have comrades. Friends as women have, the friends that of the soul that you share everything, that you witness each other's lives, that you talk their, your, heart out, that you cry with, that you ask money when you need, that.

  Isabel Allende

  Heart, Men, Soul

• At my age, people prefer to stay in a relationship that is not working. I do not understand that. I think it takes a lot of courage to separate. But it takes more energy to stay in something that is not working.

  Isabel Allende

  Thinking, People, Age

  "Isabel Allende: Despite Terrorism, the World Is a Better Place Now Than Ever Before". Interview with Michael Skafidas, www.huffingtonpost.com.

• Society decides when we get old. But the spirit never ages.

  Isabel Allende

  Age, Spirit

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