Adriana Trigiani Quotes, Writing Quotes, Emotional Quotes

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

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No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe, things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever. 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; 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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Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

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And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

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The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me. When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I flag it down like an old friend. I've waited on this corner every Friday since I can remember. The Bookmobile is just a government truck, but to me it's a glittering royal coach delivering stories and knowledge and life itself. I even love the smell of books. 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 on the Bookmobile.

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All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

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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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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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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

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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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Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.

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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 wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.

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The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you've solved the mystery.

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The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

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