All Laura Esquivel Quotes
- [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… Capacity
- 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… Aroma
- 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… Ball
- The most elementary of good manners . . . at a social gathering one does not bring up the subject of personalities, sad topics or… Bring
- 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,… All
- Gertrudis got on her horse and rode away. She wasn't riding alone--she carried her childhood beside her, in the cream fritters she had enclosed in… Alone
- [...] each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves All
- Keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness and communication is the key to love. Always Lead
- there's only a space between now and here to get yourself nowhere. Funny
- 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… Acutely
- Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them. Desire
- No one who loves life can ignore literature, and no one who loves literature can ignore life. Ignore
- When you're told there's no way you can marry the woman you love and your only hope of being near her is to marry her… Heartbreaking
- Then she cried without tears, which is said to hurt even more like dry labor. Cried
- 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… All
- You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't. Either Feel
- There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential. Change
- There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values. Distanced
- I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when churches were illegal… Across
- 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… Acknowledge
- Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values. Distanced
- As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society. Activities
- I watch cooking change the cook, just as it transforms the food. Change
- For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe. Force