There’s nothing an artist needs more – even more than excellent tools and stamina – than a deadline.
ADRIANA TRIGIANILet life unfold, say what you mean.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you.
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I ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me.
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You have work anytime. But love? Not always.
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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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Women move through the world never knowing their power.
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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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A library is a home filled with our stories.
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Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you.
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I even love the smell of books.
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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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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
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It’s service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.
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All the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.
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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea.
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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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But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened.
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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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It’s the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.
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The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me.
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And who encouraged you to grow a good heart. When that layer goes, whatever is left of your childhood goes with her.
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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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How childish to think that could be easy.
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