The View From Lake Como Quotes

“My goal is to make it into the arms of my Savior without having to install another app.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“again, you’ll remember what I’m telling you. Time stands still when you lose the love of your life, because it has nowhere to go. You just are, and it just is. Your life becomes something else entirely without someone to love. When”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“That’s right, you wouldn’t remember the date because Mom had sent you to the Island.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“The Big Five: 1. Epiphany. I am as happy alone as I am in love. 2. I don’t have to please anyone to find my worth. 3. A job is not just a job; it’s a creative expression of the journey of the soul. 4. It’s not where you live; it’s how you live when you get there. 5. I am a person of the world, not just my small corner of it, and I own all she is.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“I have learned how to live. I sleep with the doors open, and the church bells wake me with the sun as it rises. A walk after dinner keeps me in shape better than an hour-long workout in a gym. Spaghetti doesn’t make me fat and sponge cake with mascarpone cream doesn’t either. Sleep is a better cure than any pill. Knowing what you want can only come from knowing yourself. Sit in an empty church on any day but Sunday and let the angels guide your prayers. Let go of everything that has ever scared you. Break the grip of fear with confidence. Happiness is not something that you can make happen; it arrives unannounced. It is not scary to get older; it’s only scary to be unloved. To find love, to hold it and to grow it, be kind. First to yourself and then to every person you know. Life works out. Don’t fear living or fear death; it’s all part of the story. Old is good. Very old is art. What survives, sustains.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Time stands still when you lose the love of your life, because it has nowhere to go. You just are, and it just is. Your life becomes something else entirely without someone to love. When there’s nothing to do, you don’t even need to wear a watch. And if you’re like me, you don’t care if the clock ever starts ticking again. Life just stopped and I’m on pause. Waiting.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Sometimes we have to let go of relationships that do not serve us.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“As much as I love this apartment and the view, and all it has done to heal me with air and light, I love the kitten more than I love the apartment. If this makes me sound crazy, then I’ll find a Thera-Me doctor to confirm the self-diagnosis.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“The worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves. Those lies keep us in jobs we hate, in marriages that suffocate us, and in places where we cannot thrive. It takes guts to change. If Italy is the great teacher, and if she’s going to be mine, I have to accept that there are no accidents.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Her anxiety percolates to panic level whenever she has to feed a large group of people, and yet, she invites them. This is one of the many mysteries that is my mother. Her dreams of what might be exceed her ability, which frustrates her. Instead of knowing her limitations, she pretends she has none.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“One day Elsie de Wolfe said to Ludwig Bemelmans, “Italians are fortunate. They can always cry it away or sing it away or love it away.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“It may appear the patriarchy is thriving, but Italian Americans know it’s the mother who has the power.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Italians believe that birds appear to accompany our souls to heaven.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Tradition can only exist in a state of change.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Pay attention to the moments you live in and find your place in them. Be content with your portion.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“The most horrible phrase in the English language is not unexpected turbulence or freak accident or loose skin. It is family vacation.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Through the years, Aunt Lil and Uncle Louie have installed every manner of ornamentation and architectural interest on their half-acre lot. There’s a koi pond, a three-tier marble fountain, and a walkway of gold-streaked pavers that swirls up to the front door like a yellow brick road. The backyard has a replica of the Parthenon built out of Carrara marble where they host the Knights of Columbus Weenie Roast every July Fourth. “My home is an advertisement for my business,” Uncle Louie says. “Italian craftsmanship and American elegance?” he asks, before he answers, “I’m your man.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Saint Dymphna, Fill my lungs and heal my breath, Make me calm and help me rest.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“and open them.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Maybe if I’d had some perspective, I would have made better decisions.” “You’d have made different ones. Not necessarily better. We can all go back and try to rewrite the past, and of course, if we could, we’d try to fix it and have things go our way, but who knows if that would have made us happy?”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Pay attention to the moments you live in and find your place in them. Be content with your portion. I’m a very small part of something beautiful on this Italian lake, and that’s enough.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“Tradition is a weighted blanket. It feels secure, but it limits your movement.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“My mom says never tell your age because then people think you look every day of it.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“are three strangers who witnessed the same car wreck and arrived at the same conclusion about who was at fault for the accident.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“God bless you, Grandma.” I said the Hail Mary aloud so the Blessed Mother might meet her on the other side. It wasn’t a coincidence that Oscar flew away; he had completed his mission. Italians believe that birds appear to accompany our souls to heaven.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“I have to call my aunt. My mom. The family. They were just here. They wanted to be with him.” I panic. She places her hand on my arm. “It’s my experience that the patient chooses the person to witness his passing. That’s you, hon. I’m sorry.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“No. And I don’t want you to be scared either. This is the cycle of life. I went through it with my parents; you’ll go through it with yours. We get sick, we get old, and we die, and if we’re lucky, there’s family around to transition us from this side to the other. I pity the people that got nobody. I’m grateful I got you.” “Do you believe in the afterlife?” “I think it’s a requirement of membership in the Knights of Columbus. So, yes. I do.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como

“The Island was an imaginary place the Caps sent you when they weren’t speaking to you. In other families, it’s called the deep freeze or the silent treatment. Sometimes you didn’t know why you had been banished to the Island. When circumstances changed and they decided to speak to you again, you had no idea how you got off the Island, and you didn’t ask because you didn’t want to go back on the Island.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The View From Lake Como