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The Most Elementary Of Good Manners . . . At A Social Gathering One Does Not Bring Up The Subject Of Personalities, Sad Topics Or Unfortunate Facts, Religion, Or Politics.

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 To Help. In This Case, The Oxygen, For Example, Would Come From The Breath Of The Person You Love; The Candle Could Be Any Kind Of Food, Music, Caress, Word, Or Sound That Engenders The Explosion That Lights One Of The Matches.

To The Table Or To Bed, You Must Come When You Are Bid.

"only The Pots Know The Boiling Points Of The Broths," She Says As Tita Weeps Into The Wedding Batter She Is Making To Celebrate The Marriage Of Her Sister To Her Own True Love.

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.