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As the millions of fans of Like Water for Chocolate know, Laura Esquivel is a romanticist whose novels explore the power of love and the truths of the human heart. She returns to those themes in Swift as Desire , the story of a loving and passionate man who has the gift of bringing... read more
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Jubilo, was a special human being. He had a way with words. He worked as an all important telegraph operator, long before E-mail was available. He kept people, loved ones, and businesses abreast of all situations. He seemed to have a magical way of being in tuned with the earth's messages even... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“It was a murmur that sounded like laughter, like the breaking of waves, the crashing of happiness mixed with the music of dry leaves carried along by the wind, like sacred music vibrating in his stomach, in his hair, all over his skin, and, of course, in his ears. The sound of love stirred him up in such a way that for a moment he was left completely deaf.”
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“The interesting thing about the communication process is that in one way or another it allows us to express the words that come from within us. Whether they are written, spoken, or sung, they fly through space charged with the echoes of all the other voices that have preceded them. They travel through the air bathed in the saliva from other mouths, humming with the vibrations from other ears, and throbbing with the beat of thousands of hearts. They 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 is one of the qualities of words that moves me most, their capacity for transmitting love. Like water, words are a wonderful conductor of energy. And the most powerful, transforming energy is the energy of love.”
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The danger she saw was that technological advances served no purpose if they were not accompanied by an equivalent spiritual development.
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“Dear Chipi-chipi, death does not exist and life is wonderful. Live it to the fullest! I shall love you always. Your
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One is never prepared. The mysteries of life and death are too powerful.
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That this control of communication would lend itself to a self-interested management of information and, subsequently, of public opinion.
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HE WAS BORN HAPPY and on a holiday.
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- Laura Esquivel (Author)
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Original Language: Spanish
Publisher: Anchor Books
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Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0385721633
Page Count: 224
Publisher: Anchor Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0385721633
Page Count: 224
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- Dewey: 863.64
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