"...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. The oxygen 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. ...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 lit. "

- Like Water for Chocolate; Laura Esquivel

I have no idea food can do so much. And - never has violence been so sweet.