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ADRIANA TRIGIANIThey only go after what they know they can get.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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.
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I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.
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Women move through the world never knowing their power.
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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me.
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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.
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Taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.
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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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I’m very organized – and the best thing – when you love your work.
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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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Things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever.
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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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My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance.
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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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