Adriana Trigiani Quotes

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

I even love the smell of books.

The young have everything but wisdom.

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.

I love you , Valentine’ is actually a popular phrase used in greeting cards.”If you were sending me one, what would it say?” he asks.I love you, too, Roman.”And there it is, words that I dread to say and do mean, because with them comes the responsibility of owning it, moving forward together and deciding for real who we are to each other. Now we’re not just lovers discovering what we like and sharing what we know. In this mutual declaration, we’re accountable to each other. We’re in love, and now, our relationship has to build slowly and beautifully in order to hold all the joy and misery that lies ahead.

... but that's the beauty of boarding school. I make all my own decisions, small and medium, while the big ones are left up to the Prefect Academy - and as far as boys go, to the only expert I know - Suzanne Santry

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 need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.