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?
ADRIANA TRIGIANIAll the things I thought I was – simple and plain and sometime funny – are very small words.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.
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Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat.
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Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better.
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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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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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I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.
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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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We worry only about those we brought into this world.
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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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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
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How childish to think that could be easy.
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Motherhood changes everything.
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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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