Adriana Trigiani Quotes, Blood Quotes, People Quotes

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.

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This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.

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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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I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

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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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A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed, the sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.

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I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

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Motherhood changes everything.

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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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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.

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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

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Women move through the world never knowing their power.

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I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.

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We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

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Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it.

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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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I even love the smell of books.

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

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Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them.

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