Adriana Trigiani Quotes, Memories Quotes, Grandmother Quotes

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A good mother is irreplaceable.

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

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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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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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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 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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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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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.

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