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Gina Barreca quotes: As a kid, you await holidays with a wide-eyed, passionate, almost maniacal enthusiasm. Heavy breathing is involved.

As a kid, you await holidays with a wide-eyed, passionate, almost maniacal enthusiasm. Heavy breathing is involved.

Gina Barreca quotes: We should learn to take genuine pride in a job well done and not expect praise for one simply carried out.

We should learn to take genuine pride in a job well done and not expect praise for one simply carried out.

Gina Barreca quotes: I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.

I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.

Gina Barreca quotes: Words can be as irrevocable as an action. They can cut as deeply as a surgeon's scalpel.

Words can be as irrevocable as an action. They can cut as deeply as a surgeon's scalpel.

Gina Barreca quotes: Having a lean and hungry look was frowned upon in my Italian neighborhood where a girl was considered too skinny if she could make her knees touch.

Having a lean and hungry look was frowned upon in my Italian neighborhood where a girl was considered too skinny if she could make her knees touch.

Gina Barreca quotes: Anger is the quintessential individual-signature emotion: I am what makes me mad.

Anger is the quintessential individual-signature emotion: I am what makes me mad.

Gina Barreca quotes: I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

Gina Barreca quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.

If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.

Gina Barreca quotes: In short, immaturity is spoiled. And what is spoiled doesn't ripen. It goes bad early, gets bitter and withers on the vine.

In short, immaturity is spoiled. And what is spoiled doesn't ripen. It goes bad early, gets bitter and withers on the vine.

Gina Barreca quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I regard other women as my community, not my competition.

I regard other women as my community, not my competition.

Gina Barreca quotes: Envy is what makes you, when an acquaintance is lustily telling you that she's dating a Greek god of a guy, ask, 'Which one, Hades?'

Envy is what makes you, when an acquaintance is lustily telling you that she's dating a Greek god of a guy, ask, 'Which one, Hades?'

Gina Barreca quotes: My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop.

My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop.

Gina Barreca quotes: Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.

Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.

Gina Barreca quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

Gina Barreca quotes: From age 16 to age 20, a woman's body is a temple. From 21 to 45, it's an amusement park. From 45 on, it's a terrarium.

From age 16 to age 20, a woman's body is a temple. From 21 to 45, it's an amusement park. From 45 on, it's a terrarium.

Gina Barreca quotes: 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.

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 quotes: We all enter this world crying. Laughter is something we have to learn

We all enter this world crying. Laughter is something we have to learn

Gina Barreca quotes: For many of us, our proms were less Walt Disney's 'Cinderella' and more Stephen King's 'Carrie.' The less we spent on them, the better.

For many of us, our proms were less Walt Disney's 'Cinderella' and more Stephen King's 'Carrie.' The less we spent on them, the better.

Gina Barreca quotes: Like love, breakfast is best when made at home.

Like love, breakfast is best when made at home.

Gina Barreca quotes: To slur "feminism" into "humanism" is to usurp women's voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine.

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 quotes: The '60s had edge; the '70s had embroidery.

The '60s had edge; the '70s had embroidery.

Gina Barreca quotes: The people I work with are like family. I don't mean this in a nice way.

The people I work with are like family. I don't mean this in a nice way.

Gina Barreca quotes: I personally translated the word 'vendetta' as Italian for 'What do you mean, "you want to see other women"?

I personally translated the word 'vendetta' as Italian for 'What do you mean, "you want to see other women"?

Gina Barreca quotes: Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition.

Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition.

Gina Barreca quotes: Think of the funniest story from your life. Chances are, it was something awful at the time.

Think of the funniest story from your life. Chances are, it was something awful at the time.

Gina Barreca quotes: Writers read. Writers read promiscuously, aggressively and relentlessly.

Writers read. Writers read promiscuously, aggressively and relentlessly.

Gina Barreca quotes: Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching.

Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching.

Gina Barreca quotes: My mother thinks Mick Jagger is a foreign car.

My mother thinks Mick Jagger is a foreign car.

Gina Barreca quotes: 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.

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 quotes: My cat is older than many fashion models. I won't even discuss the fact that she also weighs more.

My cat is older than many fashion models. I won't even discuss the fact that she also weighs more.

Gina Barreca quotes: It's only when you're at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.

It's only when you're at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.

Gina Barreca quotes: Taking a lot of selfies doesn't mean you live an examined life.

Taking a lot of selfies doesn't mean you live an examined life.

Gina Barreca quotes: 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

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