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ADRIANA TRIGIANII don’t settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.
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A good mother is irreplaceable.
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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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No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe.
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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens you will end up disappointed.
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I am in total silence when I write.
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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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We worry only about those we brought into this world.
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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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I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.
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Food is so important – it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun.
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Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you.
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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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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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And I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses – and that if my readers could feel.
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I even love the smell of books.
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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
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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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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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Money doesn’t have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person.
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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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With full knowledge that the person you married has agreed.
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It’s the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.
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No matter how large a horse’s ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.
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