Neri Rimbaud

“Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves”
― Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate

“Yo vengo sin idiomas desde mi soledad,
y sin idiomas voy hacia la tuya.
No hay nada que decir,
pero supongo
que hablaremos desnudos sobre esto,
algo después, quitándole importancia,
avivando los ritmos del pasado,
las cosas que están lejos
y que ya no nos duelen.”
― Luis García Montero, Ropa de calle: Antología poética, 1980-2008

“Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; we need oxygen and a candle to help. In this case, the oxygen for example, would come from the breath of the person you love; the candle would be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound that engenders the explosion that lights one of the matches. For a moment we are dazzled by an intense emotion. A pleasant warmth grows within us, fading slowly as time goes by, until a new explosion comes along to revive it. Each person has to discover what will set off those explosions in order to live, since the combustion that occurs when one of them is ignited is what nourishes the soul. That fire, in short, is its food. If one doesn't find out in time what will set off these explosions, the box of matches dampens, and not a single match will ever be lighted.”
― Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate

“Roland, love means not being afraid to let yourself go, trusting that I will desire everything you have to offer. -Rosaline (Roland's love)”
― Lauren Kate, Fallen in Love