The intimacy. The deepest level of love.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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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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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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How childish to think that could be easy.
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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water.
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It’s service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.
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So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
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The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you’ve solved the mystery.
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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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Trusting that the feelings will be delivered, and that the recipient will understand the writer’s intent.
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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 don’t even like the sound of the dryer going – I like the quiet.
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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 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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