When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I flag it down like an old friend. I’ve waited on this corner every Friday since I can remember.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIOur faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe.
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A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It’s a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer.
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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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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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Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.
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All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend.
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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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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea.
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I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.
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Let life unfold, say what you mean.
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The writer has to choose the right words to express his sentences, and then, once he has sealed the envelope, he has to place those thoughts in the hands of someone else,
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Motherhood changes everything.
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Furthermore, the writer is not there to see the reaction of the person he writes to, so there’s a great unknown to the process that requires a leap of faith.
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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.
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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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There’s nothing an artist needs more – even more than excellent tools and stamina – than a deadline.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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Food is so important – it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun.
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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.
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How dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what’s funny, how to build distinctive and original characters.
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On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed.
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I wish I was the kind who made up stories.
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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.
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There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you’d had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting.
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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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