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The Japanese Lover QUOTES

The Japanese Lover QUOTES

1 " I go, but I always remember you. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

2 " that in itself age doesn’t make anyone better or wiser, but only accentuates what they have always been. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

3 " Because I have time to spare, and for the first time in my life nobody expects anything of me. I don’t have to prove anything, I’m not rushing everywhere; each day is a gift I enjoy to the fullest. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

4 " She tried to understand what it meant to carry winter on your back, to hesitate over every step, to confuse words you don’t hear properly, to have the impression that the rest of the world is going about in a great rush; the emptiness, frailty, fatigue, and indifference toward everything not directly related to you, even children and grandchildren, whose absence was not felt as it once had been, and whose names you had to struggle to remember. She felt tender toward their wrinkles, arthritic fingers, and poor sight. She imagined how she herself would be as an elderly and then ancient woman. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

5 " Todos nacemos felices. Por el camino se nos ensucia la vida, pero podemos limpiarla. La felicidad no es exuberante ni bulliciosa, como el placer o la alegría. Es silenciosa, tranquila, suave, es un estado interno de satisfacción que empieza por amarse a sí mismo. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

6 " You only have one life, but if you live it well, that’s enough. The only reality is now, today. What are you waiting for to be happy? "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

7 " There are a lot of good people, Irina, but they keep quiet about it. It’s the bad ones who make a lot of noise, and that’s why they get noticed. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

8 " Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it’s silent, tranquil, and gentle; it’s a feeling of satisfaction inside that begins with self-love. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

9 " If nothing hurts, that means I woke up dead, "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

10 " Vârsta în sine nu îi face pe oameni mai buni sau mai înțelepți, ci doar întărește trăsăturile pe care aceștia le-au avut dintotdeauna. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

11 " la edad, por sí sola, no hace a nadie mejor ni más sabio, sólo acentúa lo que cada uno ha sido siempre. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

12 " Hay mucha gente buena, Irina, pero es discreta. Los malos, en cambio, hacen mucho ruido, por eso se notan más. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

13 " Vamos a recorrer este camino juntos, paso a paso, día a día, con la mejor intención. Eso es lo único que podemos prometernos mutuamente. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

14 " What can we do with this happiness that appears for no obvious reason, the joy that needs no cause to exist? "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

15 " Nu suntem bătrâni pentru că am împlinit șaptezeci. Începem să îmbătrânim din clipa nașterii, ne schimbăm zi după zi, viața e o curgere continuă. Evoluăm. Singura deosebire este că acum suntem ceva mai aproape de moarte. Și ce e rău în asta? Dragostea și prietenia nu îmbătrânesc. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

16 " She treated him with the casual kindness usually reserved for other people's pets. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

17 " La orice vârstă trebuie să ai un scop în viață, așa se vindecă multe rele. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

18 " We are all born happy. Life gets us dirty along the way, but we can clean it up. Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it’s silent, tranquil, and gentle; it’s a feeling of satisfaction inside that begins with self-love. You need to love yourself as I do, as all those who know you do, especially Alma’s grandson. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

19 " Todos tenemos demonios en los rincones oscuros del alma, pero si los sacamos a la luz, los demonios se achican, se debilitan, se callan y al fin nos dejan en paz. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover

20 " I especially like your autumn trees, gracefully letting their leaves fall. That is how I would like to shed my own leaves in this autumn of life, easily and elegantly. Why be so attached to what we are bound to lose anyway? I suppose I mean youth, which has been so present in our conversations. "

― Isabel Allende , The Japanese Lover