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.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThe good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.
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Some artists never see their work in front of an audience.
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The sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.
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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
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I’m very organized – and the best thing – when you love your work.
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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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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.
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Trusting that the feelings will be delivered, and that the recipient will understand the writer’s intent.
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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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If only men came made to order. It’s so hard to find a decent fellow.
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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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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time.
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Let life unfold, say what you mean.
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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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Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful.
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For a woman, love is the highest dream.
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All the things I thought I was – simple and plain and sometime funny – are very small words.
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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.
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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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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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The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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All the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.
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