The Queen of the Big Time Quotes

“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, The Queen of the Big Time

“Whatever it is that you're feeling, whatever it is you have a question about, whatever it is that you long to know, there is some book, somewhere, with the key. You just have to search for it.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The Queen of the Big Time

“The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The Queen of the Big Time

“I loved him more than he loved me, and that is a bad place for a woman to be.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The Queen of the Big Time

“You really believe in the power of books, don’t you?” “Whatever it is that you’re feeling, whatever it is you have a question about, whatever it is that you long to know, there is some book, somewhere, with the key. You just have to search for it.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The Queen of the Big Time

“It seems that the people with passion never get the thing they're after.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The Queen of the Big Time

“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, The Queen of the Big Time

“I only wish I had more of myself to give; somehow my heart does not seem big enough to hold what I feel for him.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The Queen of the Big Time

“I wonder if he knows that every time I make a joke, a little piece of my heart breaks off. It's just self-defense. It seems whenever we get close, he leaves.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The Queen of the Big Time