You Don't Have To Think About Love;

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.

"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.

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.

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

[...] Each Of Us Is Born With A Box Of Matches Inside Us But We Can't Strike Them All By Ourselves