I’m writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don’t be afraid to shake it up.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII don’t even like the sound of the dryer going – I like the quiet.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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I even love the smell of books.
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And who encouraged you to grow a good heart. When that layer goes, whatever is left of your childhood goes with her.
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I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving.
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A feat she had never believed possible
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But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened.
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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
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Don’t worry about bad things that haven’t happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.
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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 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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When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.
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How childish to think that could be easy.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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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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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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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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We worry only about those we brought into this world.
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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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Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes
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The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.
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Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
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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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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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To fail and succeed and flourish and fly.
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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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Taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.
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