Don’t worry about bad things that haven’t happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.
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.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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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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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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How childish to think that could be easy.
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I don’t use a crap camera, I don’t eat junk, and I’m not going to a dance where the boys are bores.
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But a child’s joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son’s laughter began to her heart.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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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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I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
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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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We worry only about those we brought into this world.
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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea.
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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.
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I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope.
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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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