I even love the smell of books.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII 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.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.
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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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No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe.
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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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But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.
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This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships – they can’t. It interferes.
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If only men came made to order. It’s so hard to find a decent fellow.
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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, if you stop pinning, you’re free to find a boy who is attainable.
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I wish I was the kind who made up stories.
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On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed.
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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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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
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Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you.
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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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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.
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A practical girl never pines; she takes action.
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How dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what’s funny, how to build distinctive and original characters.
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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time.
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I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water.
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People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother’s house.
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I’m very organized – and the best thing – when you love your work.
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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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