Laura Esquivel Zitate

“Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves”

“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”

“Then she cried without tears, which is said to hurt even more like dry labor.”

“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.”

“There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential.”

“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.”