Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren’t looking for it and didn’t plan on it.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII 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.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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And then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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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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A practical girl never pines; she takes action.
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I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I’m always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses.
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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.
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I am in total silence when I write.
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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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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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The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk.
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Motherhood changes everything.
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I wish I was the kind who made up stories.
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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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I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea.
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Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, if you stop pinning, you’re free to find a boy who is attainable.
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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.
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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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Food is so important – it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun.
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To fail and succeed and flourish and fly.
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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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The intimacy. The deepest level of love.
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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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Things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever.
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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery.
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