I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
ADRIANA TRIGIANITravel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.
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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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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.
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No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe.
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Regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.
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The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.
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But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.
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This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships – they can’t. It interferes.
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It doesn’t. What matters is what you make. Whether it’s a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.
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Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don’t feed the source, it dissipates entirely.
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Furthermore, the writer is not there to see the reaction of the person he writes to, so there’s a great unknown to the process that requires a leap of faith.
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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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A library is a home filled with our stories.
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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time.
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