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 TRIGIANIOne person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat.
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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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A practical girl never pines; she takes action.
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When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.
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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.
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But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
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I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope.
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I wish I was the kind who made up stories.
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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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A library is a home filled with our stories.
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The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.
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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.
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Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.
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