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Explanation of the famous quotes in The House of the Spirits, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
Find the quotes you need in Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, sortable by theme, character, or chapter. From the creators of SparkNotes.
Quotes from The House of the Spirits. Isabel Allende · 448 pages. Rating: (148.9K votes) Get the book. “You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found.” ― Isabel Allende, quote from The House of the Spirits. Copy text. “This is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor.
10 of the best book quotes from The House of the Spirits. “Clara never spoke to her husband again.”. “You can’t find someone who doesn’t want to be found.”. ″‘Barrabas came to us by sea’, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.
- “The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.” ― Isabel Allende.
- “Write what should not be forgotten.” ― Isabel Allende.
- “The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything.” ― Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts.
- “Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.”
“What you need here is a strong government, with a strong man. It would be lovely if we were all created equal, but the fact is we’re not. It couldn’t be more obvious. The only one who knows how to work around here is me, and I defy you to prove otherwise.” (Chapter 2, Pages 72-73)
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