Motherhood changes everything.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIIf there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I flag it down like an old friend. I’ve waited on this corner every Friday since I can remember.
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The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you’ve solved the mystery.
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When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick – she never has to wait for someone to choose her.
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Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.
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Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn’t worry about the consequences.
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I’m very organized – and the best thing – when you love your work.
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The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me.
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I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving.
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That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you.
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How childish to think that could be easy.
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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
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I’ve learned one important lesson in my life, and I’m going to share it with you.
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And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service.
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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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All the things I thought I was – simple and plain and sometime funny – are very small words.
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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time.
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You have work anytime. But love? Not always.
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I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.
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How dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what’s funny, how to build distinctive and original characters.
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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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I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I’ve been so sweet.
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The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.
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On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed.
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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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