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The phrase "like water for chocolate" comes from the Spanish phrase como agua para chocolate. [12] This is a common expression in many Spanish-speaking countries, and it means that one's emotions are on the verge of boiling over. In some Latin American countries, such as Mexico, hot chocolate is made with near-boiling water, not with milk.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is a 1981 collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver, as well as the title of one of the stories in the collection. Considered by many one of American literature's most ambitious short-story collections, it was this collection that turned Raymond Carver into a household name in the ...
A woman named Tita living in the early 1900s experiences the struggles of love, family dynamics and family tradition. A young lady cutting onions, expressing the influences of emotions and cooking, tells a story of the birth of a girl named Tita. Tita's mother, Elena, gives birth on the kitchen table, assisted by the cook, Nacha.
The novel was released on February 14, 1970 (Valentine's Day), [1] along with segments of the story which appeared in The Ladies' Home Journal. [2] Love Story became the top-selling work of fiction for the duration of 1970 in the United States and was translated into more than 33 languages. [3]
"About Love" (Russian: О любви, romanized: O lyubvi) is an 1898 short story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The third and final part of the Little Trilogy, started by " The Man in the Case " and continued by " Gooseberries ".
Once they realize that we are indeed their children, that we are indeed everywhere, every myth, every lie, every innuendo will be destroyed once and all. And once you do, you will feel so much ...
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The title is taken from the Song of Solomon 8:7: "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. If a man were to give all his wealth for love, it would be utterly scorned." The principal characters of the story are Sandy and Dennys Murry, twin brothers who are somewhat out of place in the Murry family from A Wrinkle in Time.