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Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves
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love
matches
lust
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Laura Esquivel |
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Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; we need oxygen and a candle to help. In this case, the oxygen for example, would come from the breath of the person you love; the candle would be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound that engenders the explosion that lights one of the matches. For a moment we are dazzled by an intense emotion. A pleasant warmth grows within us, fading sl..
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Laura Esquivel |
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You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Words] cling to the very core of our memories and lie there in silence until a new desire reawakens them and recharges them with loving energy. That is one of the qualities of love that moves me most, their capacity for transmitting love. Like water, words are a wonderful conductor of energy. And the most powerful, transforming energy is the energy of love.
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words
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Laura Esquivel |
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Necesito una respuesta en este momento, el amor no se piensa, se siente o no se siente.
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Laura Esquivel |
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La mera verdad es que la verdad no existe, todo depende del punto de vista.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Mi abuela tenia una teoria muy interesante; decia que todos nacemos con una caja de fosforos adentro, pero que no podemos encenderlos solos... necesitamos la ayuda del oxigeno y una vela. En este caso el oxigeno, por ejemplo, vendria del aliento de la persona que amamos; la vela podria ser cualquier tipo de comida, musica, caricia, palabra o sonido que engendre la explosion que encendera uno de los fosforos. Por un momento, nos deslumbra un..
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Laura Esquivel |
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It was very pleasant to savor its aroma, for smells have the power to evoke the past, bringing back sounds and even other smells that have no match in the present. -Tita
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sense-memory
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Laura Esquivel |
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862981b
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Then she cried without tears, which is said to hurt even more like dry labor.
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Laura Esquivel |
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You must take care to light the matches one at a time. If a powerful emotion should ignite them all at once, they would produce a splendor so dazzling that it would illuminate far beyond what we can normally see; and then a brilliant tunnel would appear before our eyes, revealing the path we forgot the moment we were born, and summoning us to regain the divine origins we had lost. The soul ever longs to return to the place from which it cam..
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Laura Esquivel |
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She felt so lost and lonely. One last chile in walnut sauce left on the platter after a fancy dinner couldn't feel any worse than she did. How many times had she eaten one of those treats, standing by herself in the kitchen, rather than let it be thrown away. When nobody eats the last chile on the plate, it's usually because none of them wants to look like a glutton, so even though they'd really like to devour it, they don't have the nerve ..
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manners
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Laura Esquivel |
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Tita knew through her own flesh how fire transforms the elements, how a lump of corn flour is changed into a tortilla, how a soul that hasn't been warmed by the fire of love is lifeless, like a useless ball of corn flour.
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love
food
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Laura Esquivel |
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There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential.
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r
passion
family
love
food
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Laura Esquivel |
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cc26db8
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Pero en ciertos casos es mas digno dejarse llevar de un impulso ciego, provocado por un gran amor, que oponerse a el.
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Laura Esquivel |
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The most elementary of good manners . . . at a social gathering one does not bring up the subject of personalities, sad topics or unfortunate facts, religion, or politics.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Como ve, todos tenemos en nuestro interior los elementos necesarios para producir fosforo. Es mas, dejeme decirle algo que a nadie le he confiado. Mi abuela tenia una teoria muy interesante, decia que si bien todos nacemos con una caja de cerillos en nuestro interior, no los podemos encender solos, necesitamos como en el experimento, oxigeno y la ayuda de una vela. Solo que en este caso el oxigeno tiene que provenir, por ejemplo, del alient..
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tita
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Laura Esquivel |
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Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who did not belong. She knew from experience that she would quickly have to ingratiate herself with her new masters to avoid being rejected or, in more dire cases, punished. Then there would be the phase where she would have to sharpen her senses in order to see and hear as acutely as possible so that she could assimilate quickly all the new cus..
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slavery
exclusion
immigration
judgement
punishment
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Laura Esquivel |
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ade6621
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Keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness and communication is the key to love.
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Laura Esquivel |
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384d86e
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Lastima que en aquella epoca no se hubieran descubierto los hoyos negros en el espacio, porque entonces le hubiera sido muy facil comprender que sentia un hoyo negro en medio del pecho, por donde se le colaba un frio infinito.
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Laura Esquivel |
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el amor no se piensa: se siente o no se siente.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Inclusive se convertian en motivo de diversion, a tal grado que durante su ninez Tita no diferenciaba bien las lagrimas de la risa de las del llanto. Para ella reir era una manera de llorar.
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Laura Esquivel |
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It doesn't matter to me what you did, there are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential. What you've told me hasn't changed the way I think; I'll say again, I would be delegated to be your companion for the rest of your life-but you must think over very carefully whether I am the man for you or not.
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romance
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Laura Esquivel |
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The simple truth is that the truth does not exist; it all depends on a person's point of view.
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latin-american
magic-realism
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Laura Esquivel |
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Tita bajo la cabeza y con la misma fuerza con que sus lagrimas cayeron sobre la mesa, asi cayo sobre ella su destino. Y desde ese momento supieron ella y la mesa que no podian modificar ni tantito la direccion de esas fuerzas desconocidas que la obligaban, a la una, a compartir con Tita su sino, recibiendo sus amargas lagrimas desde el momento en que nacio, y a la otra a asumir esa absurda determinacion
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Laura Esquivel |
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574f554
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there's only a space between now and here to get yourself nowhere.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Perdoneme, Pedro. ?Lo lastime? -No tanto como yo la he lastimado, dejeme decirle que mi proposito... -No le he pedido ninguna explicacion. -Es necesario que me permita dirigirle unas palabras... -Una vez lo hice y resultaron una mentira, no quiero escucharlo mas...
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tita
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Laura Esquivel |
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Lo que me dijiste no cambio mi manera de pensar y te repito que me encantaria ser el companero de toda tu vida, pero quiero que pienses muy bien si ese hombre soy yo o no. Si tu respuesta es afirmativa, celebraremos la boda dentro de unos dias. Si no, yo sere el primero en felicitar a Pedro y pedirle que te de el lugar que te mereces
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pedro
tita
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Laura Esquivel |
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Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them.
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love
communication
speech
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Laura Esquivel |
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knt tsh`r b'nh khwy@ tmman , mthl Syny@ lm ybq fyh sw~ ftt mm kn qlb Hlw~ bdy`an
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Laura Esquivel |
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When you're told there's no way you can marry the woman you love and your only hope of being near her is to marry her sister, wouldn't you do the same?
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Laura Esquivel |
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Ah, y le sugiero que para la proxima vez que se enamore, !no sea tan cobarde!
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Laura Esquivel |
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los olores tienen la caracteristica de reproducir tiempos pasados junto con sonidos y olores nunca igualados en el presente.
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Laura Esquivel |
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el secreto de la existencia humana no consiste solo en poseer la vida, sino tambien en tener un motivo para vivir. El hombre que no tenga una idea clara de la finalidad de la vida, preferira renunciar a ella aunque este rodeado de montones de pan y se destruira a si mismo antes que permanecer en este mundo.
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Laura Esquivel |
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La vida seria mucho mas agradable si uno pudiera llevarse a donde quiera que fuera, los sabores y olores de la casa materna.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Why did you do that, Pedro? It will look ridiculous, you agreeing to marry Rosaura. What happened to the eternal love you swore to Tita? Aren't you going to keep that vow?' 'Of course I'll keep it. When you're told there's no way you can marry the woman you love, and your only hope of being near her is to marry her sister, wouldn't you do the same?' 'So you intend to marry without love?' 'No, Papa. I am going to marry with a great love for ..
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Laura Esquivel |
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Those huge stars have lasted for millions of years by taking care never to absorb any of the fiery rays lovers all over the world send up at them night after night. To avoid that, the star generates so much heat inside itself that it shatters the rays into a thousand pieces. Any look it receives is immediately repulsed, reflected back onto the earth, like a trick done with mirrors. That is the reason the stars shine so brightly at night.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Hay muchas maneras de poner a secar una caja de cerillos humeda, pero puede estar segura de que tiene remedio
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tita
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Laura Esquivel |
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Todo se olvida en esta vida, todo pasa al recuerdo, todo acontecimiento deja de ser presente, pierde su valor y su significado.
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Laura Esquivel |
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That's why it's important to keep your distance from people who have frigid breath. Just their presence can put out the most intense fire, with results we're familiar with. If we stay a good distance away from those people, it's easier to protect ourselves from being extinguished.
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Laura Esquivel |
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d92d7c9
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The time it took to prepare didn't matter, because there is no such thing as wasted time in the kitchen--rather that is where we go to recover lost time.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Esa nina estaba destinada a perderlo todo para encontrarlo todo, porque solamente alguien que se vacia puede ser llenado de nuevo.
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Laura Esquivel |
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durante su ninez Tita no diferenciaba bien las lagrimas de la risa de las del llanto. Para ella reir era una manera de llorar. De igual forma confundia el gozo del vivir con el de comer. No era facil para una persona que conocio la vida a traves de la cocina entender el mundo exterior.
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Laura Esquivel |
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c9d5e81
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Generalmente, esa es la manera en que se escribe la historia, a traves de las versiones de los testigos presenciales, que no siempre corresponden a la realidad.
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Laura Esquivel |
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Decidio darle utilidad al estambre en lugar de desperdiciarlo y rabiosamente tejio y lloro, y lloro y tejio, hasta que en la madrugada termino la colcha y se la echo encima. De nada sirvio. Ni esa noche ni muchas otras mientras vivio logro controlar el fri
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Laura Esquivel |