Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThe table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service.
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Regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.
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The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.
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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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Trusting that the feelings will be delivered, and that the recipient will understand the writer’s intent.
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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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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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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery.
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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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The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather.
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I am in total silence when I write.
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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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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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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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The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me.
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