“ As a matter of habit, I stop and pick up seashells that interest me, and I always put the ones I really like in a lovely Baccarat bowl in my living room. It's my way of remembering that I once was you… Adriana Trigiani
“ 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 Adriana Trigiani
“ This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling Adriana Trigiani
“ Ciro carried himself like a general in full regalia, when in fact he wore secondhand clothes from the donation bin. Adriana Trigiani
“ Whever I came into the room, she'd light up, so happy to see me. No one ever in the course of my entire life was ever as happy to see me as she was. Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever nee… Adriana Trigiani
“ Romy had never done a budget, Marisol had never designed costumes and sets, and Suzanne had never acted, but when I asked them to help, they didn't hesitate Adriana Trigiani
“ But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way. Adriana Trigiani
“ 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. Adriana Trigiani
“ As we gather around the rough-hewn farm table made by my grandfather, I am reminded that my family has come together for generations in this same way. Summers were always our favorite times; we would… Adriana Trigiani
“ The terrible things that happen to us in life never make any sense when we're in the middle of them, floundering, no end in sight. There is no rope to hang on to, it seems. Mothers can soothe children… Adriana Trigiani
“ He said a man should always have to work hard to win a woman's heart, because when he gets it, it's worth it, and he'll never take it for granted. Adriana Trigiani
“ Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain. Adriana Trigiani
“ It [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 wal… Adriana Trigiani
“ Whatever it is that you're feeling, whatever it is you have a question about, whatever it is that you long to know, there is some book, somewhere, with the key. You just have to search for it. Adriana Trigiani
“ Who's the artist?""My favorite." She pauses. "Unknown." Edydie sits cross-legged on the couch. "There is something so pure about an artist creating something for the sheer joy of it, then sharing it w… Adriana Trigiani
“ My day begins at dawn as I take my cup of strong black espresso outside to watch the sunrise. I learned this ritual from my mother, who worked in a bread shop. Bakers are the great philosophers of the… Adriana Trigiani
