But a child’s joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son’s laughter began to her heart.
ADRIANA TRIGIANITravel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me.
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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’m writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don’t be afraid to shake it up.
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The intimacy. The deepest level of love.
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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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A library is a home filled with our stories.
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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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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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But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
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In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.
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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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And then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
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