Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThe wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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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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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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You have work anytime. But love? Not always.
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Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room.
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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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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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We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
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Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn’t worry about the consequences.
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This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships – they can’t. It interferes.
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There are two kinds of people in this world.
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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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No matter how large a horse’s ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.
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