“If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take t...” — Isabel Allende Quote

“If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story.”

“I have a hundred-year-old aunt who aspires to sainthood, and whose only wish has been to go into the convent, but no congregation, not even the Little Sisters of Charity, could tolerate her for more than a few weeks, so the family has had to look after her. Believe me, there is nothing so insufferable as a saint, I wouldn't sic one on my worst enemy.”