Adriana Trigiani Quotes

The dance that I wasn't going to attend in about a jillion years just turned into a make-out session with random boys we have never met.

~ Adriana Trigiani

What a boon to live on the water! Such delicious shades and hues! This is a template worthy of the greatest painters. The textures of sand and stone could inspire incomparable sculptures, and the sounds - the steady lapping of the waves, the sweet chirping of the birds, make this a sanctuary.

~ Adriana Trigiani

He just likes to have fun, Papa.That's not a quality that gets you far in life.

~ Adriana Trigiani

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.

~ Adriana Trigiani

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.

~ Adriana Trigiani

The 'Story of Silent Night', which was given to me one Christmas when I was six - it was the story of a down and out composer who had no ideas left, and it was Christmas, and he came up with the hymn 'Silent Night.'

~ Adriana Trigiani

I come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes.

~ Adriana Trigiani