“When you lose someone, they take a bigger place in your heart, not a smaller one. Every day it grows, because you don't stop loving them. You wish you could talk to them. You need their advice. But life doesn't always give us what we need, and it's difficult.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“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, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“A practical girl never pines; she takes action.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“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.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“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, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“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, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“Women move through the world never knowing their power.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“He promised to love me. And for once in my life, I'm going to do the impractical, unwise, ill-advised thing. I'm going to make a decision based upon the feeling I have in my heart, and not what looks good on paper or makes anyone else happy. I'm going to do something for me, and I'll live with whatever Ciro brings into my life and be happy that I did.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“You must pray.'
'No, Sister.' Ciro smiled weakly. 'I'm not a good Catholic.'
'Well, Ciro, you're a good man, and that's more important.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“Ciro took Enza's face in his hands. "I have loved you all of my life. I was a boy who knew nothing, but when I met you, somehow I understood everything”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“He loved his family and he loved beauty. For a true Italian, those are the only two things that matter, because in the end that's what sustains you. Your family gathers around you and shores you up while the beauty uplifts you.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by...”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“When I close my eyes, all I ever see is her face. There is no place or time without her. Where I am doesn't matter when we're apart. All I want is her.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“A man who needs a mirror is looking for something.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“He sank into the leather seat and held hope in his heart like a hundred stars.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“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, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“A man needs his father more as life progresses, not less. It is not enough to learn how to use a lathe, milk a cow, repair a roof; there are greater holes to mend, deeper wells to fill, that only a father’s wisdom can sustain. A father teaches his son how to think a problem through, how to lead a household, how to love his wife. A father sets an example for his son, building his character from the soul outward.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“Enza thought no place on earth could be colder than the Italian Alps, but now she knew she just had never been to Minnesota.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“I’ve learned that it’s fine to have expectations, and dreams are wonderful, but once in a while, it would be good to have something come my way without having to fight for it.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“For Ciro, Enza would sacrifice, fight to put food on the table, worry and fret over babies, and live life in full. She had only one life to share, and one heart to give the man who most deserved it. If she took Ciro on, she was in for a struggle compared to her life with Vito, but the love of all loves was worth it.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
“Ciro had made a bet in proposing to her, and on that same day, Enza made a bet of her own. She was putting all her money, effort and future into a partnership that she believed could not fail. She was going to pour all of herself into her marriage: love would sustain them, and trust would see them through. That was her belief, and that's how she was raised. When she spun the gold ring on her finger, it was as though it was made for her, but it meant even more that her husband had worn it since he was a boy. She was a part of his history now.”
― Adriana Trigiani, quote from The Shoemaker's Wife
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“Hoisting my brick, I aimed at the white werewolf's head and threw as hard as I could. The brick collided with the wolf's skull and then bounced to the ground. It let go of Kyle and barked out a surprised yelp just as I realized my plan didn't have a step two.”
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“Some men brought women flowers. Sicarius chose not to kill people. The latter seemed a tad more momentous.”
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“The fastest way to disengage an employee is to tell him his work is meaningful only because of the paycheck.”
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“Some of this story is completely true. And some of it isn't. Like truth, evil comes in all sorts of flavors. Some bitter. Some deceptively sweet. Sometimes it comes with a heavy price. While most people don't invite evil into their lives, the dirty little secret is that an invitation isn't necessary. Locked doors don't matter. Neither do fancy security systems. Evil is kind of amazing when you think about it. She knows how to get inside.”
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