Adriana Quotes & Sayings

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet. — Adriana Trigiani

I care about heart. — Adriana Lima

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 wall of water
whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich. — Adriana Trigiani

I hate that I got dealt shitty parents! I hate how you make me feel like scum! I hate that you're always running away from me! And I hate that I ever fucking gave you the power to destroy me! — Adriana Law

I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud. — Adriana Trigiani

Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them. — Adriana Trigiani

A good mother is irreplaceable. — Adriana Trigiani

My dad always says that you don't get to choose what happens in the world, only how you react to it. — Adriana Mather

I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving. I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I've been so sweet. — Adriana Trigiani

I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model. — Adriana Lima

My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone. — Adriana Lima

I believe love just happens once. You can be mistaken, you can think you are in love, but after a while you discover that you're really not. Real love is different. — Adriana Lima

I'm very simple when it comes to gifts, so the best ones that I've received have love as their main intention. I appreciate everything. — Adriana Lima

Or maybe when she realized that he was never going to come and rescue her, she did what all strong women do. She found a way to save herself. — Adriana Trigiani

I think I live inside the plane! I never have time to unpack; I'm always leaving in two days again. I travel a lot, and at the beginning it was really fun. The first time I went inside a plane, I was 15 years old and I had so much fun. I like to travel all over the world and learn [about] new cultures. Not that many people have the opportunity to do that. — Adriana Lima

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

Orphans have many parents. — Adriana Trigiani

Giacomina had taught her daughter that you must dig constantly for meaning in the sorrow of this life, and that this sorrow must galvanize you, not define you. — Adriana Trigiani

Nobody ever told me that motherhood was temporary. You think you have years and years with them, but the truth is, you don't. — Adriana Trigiani

Mom, how do you know if the guy is the guy?"
You mean if he'll be a good husband?" She pauses, then says "The ticket is for the man to love the woman more than she loves him."
Shouldn't it be equal?"
Mom cackles. "It can never be equal."
But what if the woman loves the man more?"
A life of hell awaits her. As women, the deck is stacked against us because time is our enemy. We age, while men season. And trust me, there are plenty of women out there looking for a man, and they don't mind staking a claim on somebody else's husband, no matter how old, creaky, and deaf they are. — Adriana Trigiani

In Brazil, there isn't just one beauty ideal. There's a lot of emphasis on a woman's natural beauty - but of course, Brazilian women love expressing their beauty through makeup. — Adriana Lima

Brazilian women are taught to take care of themselves. They start their beauty routine at a young age, which is the key to aging beautifully. — Adriana Lima

Do Italians tell you everything they feel without censor? — Adriana Trigiani

Italy, despite its earthiness and charm, can never be New Jersey. Here we value evolution and change; Italy, while it warms the heart, is a monument to the past. In America we change our rooms as often as our fashions. In Italy you're likely to find throw pillows older than the Shroud of Turin. It's just a different way to live. — Adriana Trigiani

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

Enza studied the photograph of her parents on their wedding day as if it were a map. In a sense it was, as they were creating a destination, a life together. — Adriana Trigiani

All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water. — 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. You were eight years old, and I was twelve, and I thought, I hope she waits for me. Lucia, I'll wait forever if I have to. — Adriana Trigiani

And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story. — Adriana Trigiani

For a woman, love is the highest dream, and if a man promises to build a ladder tall enough to reach it, she believes him, hikes up her skirt, and follows him to the stars. Now — Adriana Trigiani

We are all broken in some way. But it's all the shattered pieces that give us depth. Like stained glass, it's how the pieces and colors fit together that truly makes us beautiful. — Adriana Law

Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness. — Adriana Trigiani

Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute. — Adriana Lima

A man who needs a mirror is looking for something. — Adriana Trigiani

This is something that I have learned at PA that I would have never learn at home because I have my own room and I'm an only. Nobody has it easy, not even the Great and Tall Blond One — Adriana Trigiani

It seems that the people with passion never get the thing they're after. — Adriana Trigiani

I have been a producer and director for many years, and I can say it's really difficult for women, although the women in Mexico suffer as much as other women in the world. The first thing is to get respect for the work you do. Then it is about getting the money. And this respect comes little by little over the years. — Adriana Barraza

Really? We are being herded on a bus to drive across town to an all-boy academy where we disembark and join our lonely counterparts on a dance floor. Sounds like a scorecard situation to me. — Adriana Trigiani

You shouldn't try to play games with me because I'm not a player, I'm the coach."
~ Cane — Adriana Locke

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

I was a director and dialogue and acting coach. — Adriana Barraza

I'm not going to give up salt and sugar because I want to look like Adriana Lima. But I am going to work out to make myself feel good in my own body. — Zoey Deutch

The lane. I turn to Jack. What do you think? — Adriana Trigiani

I try to work out as much as I can and, of course, eat healthily. Drinking a lot of water, sweating during your work out is good for you, and of course, chasing after your kids! — Adriana Lima

Don't ever be sorry, Serena, for letting yourself feel. Without that, we're not human. We're no better than our killer. We're nothing more than animals. — Adriana Hunter

She gasped as he captured the picture from her hands, "Pining over what could have been? Funny, if you hadn't spread your legs for anyone with a pulse, you might be standing here married to the other Karasphalous brother right now," Nikos growled as he placed the photo back in its original spot and turned just as Adriana's hand made contact with the side of his smug face.
"Go to hell!" she spat as she grasp the long folds of her dress and stormed toward the master bedroom like the hounds of hell were on her heels.
Just before slamming the door behind her she heard him bark, "I'm already there! — Julie Garver

Ciro pointed through the — Adriana Trigiani

When I was young, around 5, I was crying in all the pictures of me. I did not like the flash; it scared me! — Adriana Lima

This isn't the time or the place for me to decide to start thinking about monogamy. That ruins men. Clips their nuts, drains their testosterone, destroys the very things that make politicians good politicians. — Adriana Locke

The girl who built her life so carefully so she'd never have to ask anybody for anything. I have had it with me. Whoever I was! — Adriana Trigiani

I love my job and I love my children. It's really about figuring out your schedules and getting everything down that you need to do and sticking to your plan. — Adriana Lima

It didn't occur to either of them that lives would be lost, that the world they were to defend would shift under their feet and never be the same again. They only dreamed of the adventure. A — Adriana Trigiani

There was a fleeting cold front, the slight judgment that said immigrants were a necessary fact of life, one that must be tolerated but never truly accepted. The only way to ever become a permanent part of America's greatness would be to defend it. Cassidy — Adriana Trigiani

The greatest riddle of all ... the riddle of man! The complex mystery of the universal human being as he stands wihtin the threshold of universal laws. This is the most fascinating puzzle! — Adriana Koulias

He figured that all the threads of his experience would eventually be sewn together, taking shape in harmony and form to create a glorious work of art. — Adriana Trigiani

I like to go to the movies or read. — Adriana Lima

Actually, I never really thought I would be a model. I never knew a lot about fashion and magazines, and I never paid attention to it. I was a young girl, though. — Adriana Lima

The operators were bound together by what they were running from - poverty in all its forms, despair, hunger, decimated families - as well as what they hoped to gain. Their imaginations were filled with American treasures: — Adriana Trigiani

A practical girl never pines; she takes action. — Adriana Trigiani

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by ... — Adriana Trigiani

The first Victoria's Secret model I ever met was Adriana Lima, and she was so nice to me. She was very generous and very nurturing. She made sure people talked to me! — Lily Aldridge

Life, Enza decided, is not about what you get, but what is taken from you. It's in the things we lose that we discover what we most treasure. — Adriana Trigiani

My skin still sings from his touch. His cologne lingers on my shirt, the air kissed by his presence. — Adriana Locke

The world was noisy . As Ciro looked around, he was the only person who seemed to be listening. — Adriana Trigiani

That's my little piece of heaven. Go ahead."
Ciro followed Remo through the open door to a small enclosed garden. Terra-cotta pots positioned along the top of the stone wall spilled over with red geraniums and orange impatiens. An elm tree with a wide trunk and deep roots filled the center of the garden. Its green leaves and thick branches reached past the roof of Remo's building, creating a canopy over the garden. There was a small white marble birdbath, gray with soot, flanked by two deep wicker armchairs.
Remo fished a cigarette out of his pocket, offering another to Ciro as both men took a seat. "This is where I come to think."
"Va bene," Ciro said as he looked up into the tree. He remembered the thousands of trees that blanketed the Alps; here on Mulberry Street, one tree with peeling gray bark and holes in its leaves was cause for celebration. — Adriana Trigiani

I love cakes. Chocolate and coconut cakes. I love that combination! — Adriana Lima

Everything we've been through in our lives we've done together. I held her hand at your parent's funeral, remember your mom's lemon pie every time I go through the produce section. I know she hates storms and love being there for her when she reaches out. — Adriana Locke

I love Victoria's Secret and the brand, and I'm passionate about Victoria's Secret commercials, too. — Adriana Lima

If you're having dinner with friends and they're always on the phone or always texting, it's just impolite. Unless it's something important - like someone is in the hospital or something - don't do it. — Adriana Lima

Happenstance and accidents didn't seem so random. The mystery of the connections intrigued him, but he wasn't going to agonize about them, and he had not yet reached an age where he was interested in analyzing them either. He figured that all the threads of his experience would eventually be sewn together, taking shape in harmony and form to create a glorious work of art. But who would sew those pieces together? Who would make him whole? That was something Ciro thought about a lot. Before — 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

The world may indeed be evil and ugly, I thought defiantly, it may be soiled with sin, but I also knew that when a man lifts his soul up to the vaults of heaven, reaching seraphic heights with the power of his voice, he becomes an eagle soaring, an instrument of the Holy Ghost — Adriana Koulias

I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous. — Adriana Lima

He whispered, "That miracle you were praying for - he's patiently waiting his turn to hold you."
Laura lifted her head from John's chest, focusing on the faces around her. At last, her eyes fell upon him. Tony smiled softly. — Adriana Parrinello

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

But more important than all these lovely features of gracious living was the camaraderie of the young residents, who aspired to better lives on the wings of their talent and creativity. — Adriana Trigiani

Life does pack a punch. But it's the scars that make us who we are, that tell the story of the life we lived. — Adriana Locke

The distance between the haves and the have-nots is a train ride. — Adriana Trigiani

There were all manners of souvenirs and trinkets for sale when Ciro and Luigi disembarked from the ferry into the port of lower Manhattan. Signs advertising Sherman Turner cigars, Zilita Black tobacco, and Roisin's Doughnuts graced rolling carts selling Sally Dally Notions and Flowers by Yvonne Benne. The stands competed for the immigrant business. Ciro and Luigi came face to face with the engine of American life: You work, and then you spend. — Adriana Trigiani

The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you've solved the mystery. — Adriana Trigiani

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

Cancer not only seeps into your body, it melts in your consciousness. — Adriana Locke

The air's crisp with the smell of autumn, and the first few leaves have started to change color. The streets have that family-friendly feel. Store windows already have pumpkins and witches' hats in them. — Adriana Mather

There is a beehive under every pot of honey on the island of Manhattan, — Adriana Trigiani

Life sucks. It's all random bullshit that adds up to nothing but chaos. Serendipity: accidentally finding something wonderful while not looking for it. A few get lucky. The rest of us fight for what's left over. — Adriana Law

The candle of his life burned out too soon, but it burned so brightly! — Adriana Girolami

It is a waste of energy to not just be happy. — Adriana Locke

That's why Kathleen." Alfred doesn't answer. We sit in silence until he says, "I'm sorry you walked in on us. I'm a hypocrite. Maybe you even like that I'm one." "Come on, Alfred." He looks up at me. "At least let me be ashamed of myself." "Too late. Self-flagellation is not going to help you now." "It's over. With Kathleen, I mean." "That's a start." "What else can I do? I can't even face myself. I have to tell Pamela." "Oh — Adriana Trigiani

I think it's important to be able to make something, whether it's shoes or sausage. Food, clothing, and shelter are the basic needs of all people. If you master a trade that serves one of those needs, you will work for a lifetime. — Adriana Trigiani

I learned that I wasn't happy. It's a terrifying thing to admit. It puts everyone around you in a state of paralysis because they think that they are somehow responsible for your sadness and can fix it. Of course they cannot. I know happiness exists somewhere and if I knew where, I would go to it and claim it. I realize I have spent my life reacting to things and not initiating them. — Adriana Trigiani

trust those that have proven their loyalty. — Adriana Locke

Nationalism had now replaced neighborliness. — Adriana Trigiani

I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry ... how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really. — Adriana Lima

Did you ever find yourself in a place in life where you had committed to something, and you couldn't make it work? — Adriana Trigiani

A cassock does not make a man a priest, any more than a fine dress makes a woman truly beautiful - or good or generous or intelligent. Don't confuse the way someone looks with the way they are. — Adriana Trigiani

When I get older, I don't think I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it. — Adriana Lima

Though this is my first trip to the United Kingdom, I am a proud Anglophile. I admire the practical temperament of the people. I love the artful details of daily life: a hand-stitched tea cozy in the shape of a Victorian mansion, the Wellie boots, the sheep's wool stockings, and the best tailors in the world. — Adriana Trigiani

Better meant American. Better meant safe, clean, honest, and true. Dreams of every size and description lulled them into restful sleep at night and fueled them through their backbreaking days. At — Adriana Trigiani

There is no worse feeling than being unable to assuage the suffering of the innocent. — Adriana Trigiani

Plans, endless walks without — Adriana Trigiani