A good mother is irreplaceable.
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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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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We worry only about those we brought into this world.
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No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe.
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Trusting that the feelings will be delivered, and that the recipient will understand the writer’s intent.
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The Bookmobile is just a government truck, but to me it’s a glittering royal coach delivering stories and knowledge and life itself.
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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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They figure out what you need and they give it to you – without you asking.
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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.
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I even love the smell of books.
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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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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.
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I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.
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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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A practical girl never pines; she takes action.
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