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ADRIANA TRIGIANIYou 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.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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Women move through the world never knowing their power.
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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you.
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Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room.
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Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don’t feed the source, it dissipates entirely.
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In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.
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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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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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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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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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Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.
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Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful.
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How childish to think that could be easy.
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Let life unfold, say what you mean.
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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 don’t even like the sound of the dryer going – I like the quiet.
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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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A library is a home filled with our stories.
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Motherhood changes everything.
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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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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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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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I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.
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And then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge.
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One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.
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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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