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

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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, we need oxygen and a candle t...more

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She felt so lost and lonely. One last chile in walnut sauce left on the platter after a fancy dinner couldn't feel any worse than she did. How many ti...more

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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 war...more

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Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves

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...a woman, silent, voiceless, a mere woman who didn't bear on her shoulders the enormous responsibility of building the conquest with her words. A wo...more

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[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 energy. That ...more

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...being able to listen to unrepeatable secrets, wishes, and desires wasn't as wonderful as it seemed...being aware of what other people felt at every...more

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Surely the heart is not a fitting place to house hatred. But where is its place? I don't know. That is one of the universe's Unknowns. It would seem t...more