How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
With that meal it seemed they had discovered a new system of communication, in which Tita was the transmitter, Pedro the receiver, and poor Gertrudis the medium, the conducting body through which the singular sexual message was passed. (3, 179)
Here we can see the power of the aphrodisiac. Unfortunately, the feeling is a three-way experience, and Gertrudis gets the combined heat of Pedro and Tita in her, um, delicate bits.
Quote #2
[Gertrudis] desperately needed a man to quench the red-hot fire that was raging inside her. (3,190)
Yowza. This is what Juan thinks when he sees Gertrudis running around naked, but, c'mon, the guy is pretty desperate himself—why else would he gallop like a mad man, driven only by the scent of roses?
Quote #3
He wanted to study, examine, investigate every last inch of skin on [Tita's] lovely, monumental body. Surely, she'd look like Gertrudis; they weren't sisters for nothing. (3, 197)
Yeah, Pedro, we bet you do. Unfortunately, he's going to wait a lot longer to get the chance to do any sort of studying.