I acknowledge the four elements. Water in the North; incense to recognize the air in the East; flowers for the earth in the South; a candle for light from the West. It helps me keep perspective. Laura Esquivel More Quotes by Laura Esquivel More Quotes From Laura Esquivel No one who loves life can ignore literature, and no one who loves literature can ignore life. Laura Esquivel love-literature love-life literature Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as in the experiment, 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 could be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound that engenders the explosion that lights one of the matches. Laura Esquivel oxygen light sound [...] each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves Laura Esquivel born lust love [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. Laura Esquivel powerful memories lying 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 Laura Esquivel smell sound past As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self understanding and this is something that can't be taught. Laura Esquivel self teacher school 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 came, leaving the body lifeless. Laura Esquivel powerful tunnels eye "Only the pots know the boiling points of the broths," she says as Tita weeps into the wedding batter she is making to celebrate the marriage of her sister to her own true love. Laura Esquivel celebrate soup pot You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't. Laura Esquivel love-you feels thinking Keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness and communication is the key to love. Laura Esquivel keeping-secrets communication keys 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 customs and the words most frequently used by the group she was to become a part of--so that finally, she would be judged on her own merits. Laura Esquivel groups would-be order Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them. Laura Esquivel messages desire To know how to produce a work of art is to know how to discard the extraneous. Laura Esquivel produce know-how art Then she cried without tears, which is said to hurt even more like dry labor. Laura Esquivel dry tears hurt To the table or to bed, you must come when you are bid. Laura Esquivel bed tables 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. Laura Esquivel soul fire love-is The trouble with crying over an onion is that once the chopping gets you started and the tears begin to well up, the next thing you know you just can’t stop! Laura Esquivel onions next tears 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. Laura Esquivel personality gathering doe There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential. Laura Esquivel things-in-life given essentials No matter how successful a relationship may be, both sexually and emotionally, the lack of money can hamper and undermine, little by little, even the greatest passion. Laura Esquivel passion money successful
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