Adriana Trigiani Quotes

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• That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

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  Sweet, Love You, Giving

  Adriana Trigiani (2009). “Very Valentine”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• A good mother is irreplaceable.

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  Mom, Mother, Good Mother

  Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Wisdom of My Grandmothers: Lessons to live by, from one generation of remarkable women to the next”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Mother, Hurt, Heart

  Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.176, Ballantine Books

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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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  Sister, Girl, Mom

  Adriana Trigiani (2010). “Viola in Reel Life”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Taken, Simple, Shoes

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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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  Mean, Thinking, Years

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

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  Beautiful, People, Filled

  Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Lucia, Lucia: A Novel”, p.117, Random House

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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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  Smile, Mother, Make Her Smile

  Adriana Trigiani (2010). “Viola in Reel Life”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Sister, Real, Judging

  Adriana Trigiani (2010). “Viola in Reel Life”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Art, Spirit, Soar

  Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Wisdom of My Grandmothers: Lessons to live by, from one generation of remarkable women to the next”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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• Motherhood changes everything.

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  Mom, Motherhood, Being A Mom

  Interview with Margo Hammond, Ellen Heltzel, www.goodhousekeeping.com. August 1, 2005.

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• Isn't this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.

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  Mom, Mother, Worry

  Adriana Trigiani (2001). “Big Cherry Holler: A Big Stone Gap Novel”, p.278, Random House

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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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  Lessons, Good Things, Teach

  Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Lucia, Lucia: A Novel”, p.142, Random House

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• When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.

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  Beautiful, Girl, Waiting

  Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.25, Ballantine Books

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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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  Heart, Broken, Sometimes

  Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Shoemaker's Wife”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• I even love the smell of books.

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  Book, Reading, Smell

  Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.4, Ballantine Books

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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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  Way, Showing Up, Plans

  Adriana Trigiani (2014). “The Supreme Macaroni Company”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Nice, Feel Better, Two

  Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Shoemaker's Wife”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Jobs, Writing, World

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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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  Memories, Grandmother, People

  Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.4, Ballantine Books

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• A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer is not there to see the reaction of the person he writes to, so there's a great unknown to the process that requires a leap of faith. The writer has to choose the right words to express his sentences, and then, once he has sealed the envelope, he has to place those thoughts in the hands of someone else, trusting that the feelings will be delivered, and that the recipient will understand the writer's intent. How childish to think that could be easy.

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  Writing, Thinking, Hands

  "Brava, Valentine: A Novel". Book by Adriana Trigiani, March 16, 2010.

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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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  Blood, People, World

  Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Shoemaker's Wife: A Novel”, p.37, Harper Collins

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• A practical girl never pines; she takes action.

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  Girl, Action, Practicals

  Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Shoemaker's Wife”, p.130, Simon and Schuster

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• Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.

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  Mean, World, This World

  Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Shoemaker's Wife”, p.390, Simon and Schuster

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• For a woman, love is the highest dream, and if a man promises to build a ladder tall enough to reach it, she believes him, hikes up her skirt, and follows him to the stars.

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  Dream, Stars, Believe

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