Adriana Trigiani Quotes, Writing Quotes, Silence Quotes

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

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People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.

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There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.

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Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home. Ireland has never been more beautiful - the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.

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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.

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I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.

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This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling

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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.

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All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. 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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I'm very organized - and the best thing - when you love your work, you don't mind putting in 15 hour days. It's joyful.

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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.

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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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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. 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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If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.

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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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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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Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.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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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.

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Let life unfold, say what you mean. 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. You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.

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