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.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThere is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you’d had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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I don’t use a crap camera, I don’t eat junk, and I’m not going to a dance where the boys are bores.
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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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And I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses – and that if my readers could feel.
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The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather.
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The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk.
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Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.
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The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.
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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
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The intimacy. The deepest level of love.
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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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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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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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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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All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend.
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To fail and succeed and flourish and fly.
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