The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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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You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.
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The sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.
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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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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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All the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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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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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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A library is a home filled with our stories.
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All the things I thought I was – simple and plain and sometime funny – are very small words.
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Money doesn’t have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person.
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Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat.
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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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How childish to think that could be easy.
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On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope.
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People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother’s house.
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Motherhood changes everything.
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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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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery.
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So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
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Don’t worry about bad things that haven’t happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.
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And then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge.
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But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.
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I even love the smell of books.
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If only men came made to order. It’s so hard to find a decent fellow.
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