There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you’d had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThose who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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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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Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.
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All the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them.
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Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.
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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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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea.
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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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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
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Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.
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We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
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I ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me.
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