Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes
ADRIANA TRIGIANIWhen a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick – she never has to wait for someone to choose her.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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A library is a home filled with our stories.
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One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.
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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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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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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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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
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We worry only about those we brought into this world.
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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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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you do that, you’re missing out on the now.
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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.
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And then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge.
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I even love the smell of books.
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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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All the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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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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There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you’d had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting.
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How childish to think that could be easy.
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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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I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things.
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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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Some artists never see their work in front of an audience.
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Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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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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