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…

— Adriana Trigiani

There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when…

— Adriana Trigiani

No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe, things that happen unwieldy. You…

— Adriana Trigiani

“All your life you was one thing. And now you can be something else if you want! Somebody completely different. You can…

— Adriana Trigiani

I never knew anybody who didn't want to have a great love in their lives and to make a family.

— Adriana Trigiani

“When you lose someone, they take a bigger place in your heart, not a smaller one. Every day it grows, because you…

— Adriana Trigiani

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like…

— Adriana Trigiani

“Women give men a place to go. A man is a useless piece of equipment whose purpose is lost if it were…

— Adriana Trigiani

Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.

— Adriana Trigiani

A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer…

— Adriana Trigiani

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach…

— Adriana Trigiani

I have to work hard. I'm not naturally great at anything. I have to work really, really hard.

— Adriana Trigiani

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, it's that they honor working people.

— Adriana Trigiani

“You'll always be my girl. You were from the first moment I saw you. You were sitting in church with your brothers.…

— Adriana Trigiani

Work and love - this is interesting to me.

— Adriana Trigiani

“When I observe Gram, I see how fragile the notion of tradition can be. If I take my eyes off the way…

— Adriana Trigiani

“Children need to see delight in the eyes of adults, if only to give them a sense that happiness is within reach,…

— Adriana Trigiani

The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

— Adriana Trigiani

“The best thing a father can do for his son is love his mother.”

— Adriana Trigiani

“There isn’t anything a parent won’t do for her child. There is no limit on love.”

— Adriana Trigiani

“The first stage of widowhood is paperwork.”

— Adriana Trigiani

“Or maybe when she realized that he was never going to come and rescue her, she did what all strong women do.…

— Adriana Trigiani

“sometimes things don't always go the way we want this side of Heaven”

— Adriana Trigiani

Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the…

— 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…

— Adriana Trigiani