Two thirds of the work in the world is done by women. Women own 1 percent of the assets. Young women are sold into prostitution, forced labour, premature marriage, forced to have children they don't want or they can't support. They're abused, raped, beaten up. Domestic violence is supposed to be a cultural problem. They are the first victims of war, fundamentalism, conflict, recession. And young women who have access to education and health care and have resources think that everything was done, they don't have to worry.
Everyone in his place and a place for everyone. - Isabel Allende
Everyone in his place and a place for everyone.
- Isabel Allende
Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me. - Isabel Allende
Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.
We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test. - Isabel Allende
We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.
There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain. - Isabel Allende
There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.
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
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.
I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences. - Isabel Allende
I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.
Youth is not a period in life but a state of mind. - Isabel Allende
Youth is not a period in life but a state of mind.
You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich. - Isabel Allende
You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.
It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others. - Isabel Allende
It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.
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