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 TRIGIANIBut what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.
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I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.
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People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother’s house.
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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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So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
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A practical girl never pines; she takes action.
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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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For a woman, love is the highest dream.
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Don’t worry about bad things that haven’t happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.
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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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There are two kinds of people in this world.
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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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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.
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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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Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat.
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Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.
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If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.
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Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room.
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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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Trusting that the feelings will be delivered, and that the recipient will understand the writer’s intent.
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And 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.
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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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The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.
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Women move through the world never knowing their power.
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Some artists never see their work in front of an audience.
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I don’t even like the sound of the dryer going – I like the quiet.
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