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

— 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

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

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

— 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

I even love the smell of books.

— Adriana Trigiani

If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.

— Adriana Trigiani

If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on. I ask myself If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me. But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened. I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.

— Adriana Trigiani

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

— Adriana Trigiani

I loved him more than he loved me, and that is a bad place for a woman to be.

— Adriana Trigiani