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 TRIGIANITwo different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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 never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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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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If only men came made to order. It’s so hard to find a decent fellow.
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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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Motherhood changes everything.
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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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Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful.
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Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better.
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I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I’m always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses.
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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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It’s service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.
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Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
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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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They figure out what you need and they give it to you – without you asking.
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