How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Mama Elena, who hadn't shed a single tear over her husband's death, was sobbing silently. (2, 148)
Even Mama E weeps. Here we see that the toughest, hardest of men and women can be affected by love. For better or worse, we're all just fluffy marshmallows on the inside.
Quote #8
But the weeping was just the first symptom of a strange intoxication—an acute attack of pain and frustration—that seized the guests and scattered them across the patio and the grounds and in the bathrooms, all of them wiling over lost love. (2, 148)
Is it really better to have loved and lost? In this scene at Rosaura and Pedro's wedding, people don't seem happy.
Quote #9
[…] Pedro went to [Tita], extinguished the lamp, pulled her to a brass bed […] and throwing himself upon her, caused her to lose her virginity and learn of true love. (8.537)
This is the first time the pair gets it on. They keep doing it (and doing it well) in the dark room, which nobody enters for fear of Mama Elena's ghost. Score.