I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIWhen a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick – she never has to wait for someone to choose her.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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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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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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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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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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A good mother is irreplaceable.
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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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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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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time.
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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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The Bookmobile is just a government truck, but to me it’s a glittering royal coach delivering stories and knowledge and life itself.
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It’s service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery.
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The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather.
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