People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother’s house.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII wish I was the kind who made up stories.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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I 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?
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We worry only about those we brought into this world.
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When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I flag it down like an old friend. I’ve waited on this corner every Friday since I can remember.
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I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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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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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.
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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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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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You don’t mind putting in 15 hour days. It’s joyful.
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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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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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Furthermore, the writer is not there to see the reaction of the person he writes to, so there’s a great unknown to the process that requires a leap of faith.
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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 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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