Regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIWe girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.
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It doesn’t. What matters is what you make. Whether it’s a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.
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The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you’ve solved the mystery.
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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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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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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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No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe.
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There’s nothing an artist needs more – even more than excellent tools and stamina – than a deadline.
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But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened.
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For a woman, love is the highest dream.
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I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I’ve been so sweet.
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All the things I thought I was – simple and plain and sometime funny – are very small words.
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The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.
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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
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I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.
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Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful.
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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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Women move through the world never knowing their power.
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Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn’t worry about the consequences.
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If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens you will end up disappointed.
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My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance.
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I wish I was the kind who made up stories.
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