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.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII’m writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don’t be afraid to shake it up.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
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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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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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I even love the smell of books.
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Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren’t looking for it and didn’t plan on it.
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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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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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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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Some artists never see their work in front of an audience.
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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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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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The 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.
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You don’t mind putting in 15 hour days. It’s joyful.
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It’s service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.
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I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.
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I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home.
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Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.
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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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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea.
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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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There’s nothing an artist needs more – even more than excellent tools and stamina – than a deadline.
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You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you do that, you’re missing out on the now.
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I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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I even love the smell of books.
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Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you.
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