But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIWith full knowledge that the person you married has agreed.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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The writer has to choose the right words to express his sentences, and then, once he has sealed the envelope, he has to place those thoughts in the hands of someone else,
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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you.
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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
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All the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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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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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery.
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Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes
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You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.
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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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I’m writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don’t be afraid to shake it up.
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Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat.
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So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
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Let life unfold, say what you mean.
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I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.
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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
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Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.
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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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I am in total silence when I write.
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That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you.
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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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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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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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