No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.
ADRIANA TRIGIANINo one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIWe girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIYou don’t mind putting in 15 hour days. It’s joyful.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIAnd if a man promises to build a ladder tall enough to reach it, she believes him, hikes up her skirt, and follows him to the stars.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIA practical girl never pines; she takes action.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIBut when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThose who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThe Bookmobile is just a government truck, but to me it’s a glittering royal coach delivering stories and knowledge and life itself.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIAnd I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses – and that if my readers could feel.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIA library is a home filled with our stories.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIBeware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThey do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me.
ADRIANA TRIGIANISometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThere’s nothing an artist needs more – even more than excellent tools and stamina – than a deadline.
ADRIANA TRIGIANI