"A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer is not there to see the reaction of the person he writes to, so there's a great unknown to the process that requires a leap of faith. The writer has to choose the right words to express his sentences, and then, once he has sealed the envelope, he has to place those thoughts in the hands of someone else, trusting that the feelings will be delivered, and that the recipient will understand the writer's intent. How childish to think that could be easy."

Source : "Brava, Valentine: A Novel". Book by Adriana Trigiani, March 16, 2010.

Adriana Trigiani

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“There are times when the voice of repining is completely drowned out by various louder voices: the voice of government, the voice of taste, the voice of celebrity, the voice of the real world, the voice of fear and force, the voice of gossip.”

Source : "Why I pulled out of the TS Eliot poetry prize" by Alice Oswald, www.theguardian.com. December 12, 2011.
“If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.”

Source : John Gierach (2001). “Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury”, p.405, Simon and Schuster
“You do not become a real pro in your field by doing certain things - you become a pro in your field by doing things in a certain way.”
“My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative in a complacent and creatively bankrupt industry. Apple stood for something and had reason for being that wasn't just about making money.”
“I've watched goldfish make babies, and ants execute earwigs. I've seen a fly deliver live young while having its head eaten by a mantis. And I had a golden retriever behave like one.”
“For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you're sorry.”
“Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love.”

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