The most elementary of good manners. . . at a social gathering one does not bring up the … - Laura Esquivel

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A lot of parts on television are static. Nothing really changes.

Laura Esquivel

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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No one who loves life can ignore literature, and no one who loves literature can ignore life.

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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; 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.

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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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[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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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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