To The Table Or To

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.

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.

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 Sister, Wouldn't You Do The Same?

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

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!