[...] each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves

[...] 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

"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.

To the table or to bed, you must come when you are bid.

You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't.

there's only a space between now and here to get yourself nowhere.