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

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

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

Keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness and communication is the key to love.

"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.

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

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.

Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them.

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

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

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!

The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?

It's great to have an honest course where you can use your strength. I swim 10 hours a week, I bike 20 hours a week, and I want to be able to show that.

When the Spirit of God moves within us, we must move with Him or be miserable.

There is a weirdness about having a famous pre-pubescent in the house when you are going through the trials and tribulations of adolescence.

As a creative person, you want to have a foothold and sense of progress.

If you're not cheating, you're not trying!

If your competitors start copying you then you are doing something right!

The best teams play for each other, not with each other

Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded

It is preposterous to believe that the Russians had any effect on the outcome of voting in America. It's absurd. There is no evidence.