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.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIIf you look around to find meaning in everything that happens you will end up disappointed.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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Things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever.
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It doesn’t. What matters is what you make. Whether it’s a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.
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I’ve learned one important lesson in my life, and I’m going to share it with you.
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No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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I’m very organized – and the best thing – when you love your work.
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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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But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened.
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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 then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge.
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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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They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me.
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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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You don’t mind putting in 15 hour days. It’s joyful.
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The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me.
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This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships – they can’t. It interferes.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you.
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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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I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving.
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I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.
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Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes
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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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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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The intimacy. The deepest level of love.
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