“ I see taking care of my emotional and mental health in the same way that I see taking care of a garment: After it's been through wear and tear, it needs attention. Gina Barreca
“ It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds. It's your best friends who are supremely resilient, made under pressure and of astonishing value. The… Gina Barreca
“ If you believe that your best years are behind you, you've guaranteed they are; I'm going to dance into that good night, with the oldies turned up loud. Gina Barreca
“ Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate. Gina Barreca
“ If you know you can do it - if you can already chart every day in your future - then why bother? Choose to do something you have more trouble imagining. Take a chance. Gina Barreca
“ Comics know that time plus pain equals humor and that we can redeem even awful moments from the past by translating them into a shared experience. Gina Barreca
“ Boys are rewarded for playing games where they line up by height and then run into walls. Perhaps I'm making that up--or perhaps you should do a Google search for "Guy Runs into Wall for Fun."Not only… Gina Barreca
“ Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect. Gina Barreca
“ Maturity understands that there’s darkness in the world but that there’s no need to dwell in it: we can lighten up and offer illumination to others. Gina Barreca
“ Words can be as irrevocable as an action. They can cut as deeply as a surgeon’s scalpel. Gina Barreca
“ To slur “feminism” into “humanism” is to usurp women’s voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine. Gina Barreca
“ Ask a woman if she’s ambitious and she’ll look at you as if you just asked whether she sticks pins in puppies for fun. Ask a woman if she’s competitive and she’ll look at you as if you suggested that… Gina Barreca
“ ...there is a celebrated aphorism insisting that the best way to live is to 'work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody is watching, and love like you've never been hurt.'...After years of… Gina Barreca
“ How about "diamonds are a girl's best friends"? Nope. It should be switched around and pointed out, instead, that your best friends are diamonds. Gina Barreca
“ Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it,' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline Gina Barreca
“ Until we’re pushing up daisies, it might be good to remind ourselves daily that everything’s coming up roses — for me and for you. Gina Barreca
