Adriana Trigiani Quotes, Book Quotes, Reading Quotes

I even love the smell of books.

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I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.

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Motherhood changes everything.

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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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Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. 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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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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But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible

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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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If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.

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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. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.

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The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.

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If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on. 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. But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened. I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.

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The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.

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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, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.

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Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

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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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It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.

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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.

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