Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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I don’t settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
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My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance.
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I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home.
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The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather.
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Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, if you stop pinning, you’re free to find a boy who is attainable.
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The writer has to choose the right words to express his sentences, and then, once he has sealed the envelope, he has to place those thoughts in the hands of someone else,
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And I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses – and that if my readers could feel.
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I wish I was the kind who made up stories.
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But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened.
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Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat.
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I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.
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But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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I don’t use a crap camera, I don’t eat junk, and I’m not going to a dance where the boys are bores.
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