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It's officially spring. That means the Michelin Man outerwear is coming off, and hopefully much more than that if you heed the following book suggestions, which, with a little finesse and basic hygiene, will help you woo a paramour, catch the attention of a cute stranger on the subway or in the coffee shop, and help spark conversations, passions, and many changings of the sheets.
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Don’t let the creative writing major-esque title fool you. The brilliant German poet’s letters are rife with transformative and inspirational tidbits on life, love, ladies, and solitude. Rilke’s advice to the young poet Franz Xaver Kappus pulses with an urgent, luminous charm, and compels us to take action, which leads to, you know, action.
Choice quote: “Only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.”
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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Much has been written on the intoxicating combination of food and sex, but none quite so sumptuously as Like Water for Chocolate. Magical realism, forbidden and doomed lovers, and delicious recipes make this book a twofer: a conversation starter and a built-in dinner date. And, much like the exquisiteness of a good meal, “You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't.”
Choice quote: “When nobody eats the last chile on the plate, it's usually because none of them wants to look like a glutton, so even though they'd really like to devour it, they don't have the nerve to take it. It was as if they were rejecting that stuffed pepper, which contains every imaginable flavor; sweet as candied citron, juicy as pomegranate, with the bit of pepper and the subtlety of walnuts, that marvelous chile in the walnut sauce. Within it lies the secret of love, but it will never be penetrated, and all because it wouldn't feel proper.”
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