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Como agua para chocolate (1992) More at IMDbPro »

Nacha: You will be so beautiful that the first boy who sees you will want to marry you.
Mamá Elena: Nacha! Don't say that. As my youngest daughter, Tita will care for me until the day I die. She won't marry.

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Pedro: I'm a man of few, but firm, words.

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Tita: [to Mama Elena] Roberto's death is your fault!

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Doctor John Brown: I see you didn't touch your dinner. Sue Ellen is a horrible cook, but my son and I put up with her food. Of course, *you* don't have to.

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Doctor John Brown: My aunt is as deaf as a post.
Tita: Then how can she carry on conversations?
Doctor John Brown: She reads lips, but when she is eating, she is too preoccupied to notice anything else. Watch.
[shouts]
Doctor John Brown: Tia Mary, I’m marrying Tita because the poor girl is crazy.
[Tia Mary continues eating.]

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Gertrudis: If you were still in love with Pedro, you wouldn't be marrying John.

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Gertrudis: Sergeant, can you cook cream fritters?
Sargento Treviño: To be honest ... no. But if you want, I will try.
Gertrudis: You have never let me down before. I hope this will not be the first time.
Sargento Treviño: Yes, my general.

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Rosaura: I don't know where Gertrudis got her sense of rhythm. Mother didn't like to dance, and Dad was a bad dancer.

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