“We should remind ourselves that laughing together is as close as you can get to another person without touching, and sometimes it represents a closer tie than touching ever could.” ShouldPersonsSometimesTogetherLaughingLaughterTiesTouchingLaughing Together Author:Gina Barreca
“Truth is like nuclear waste: it needs to be dealt with carefully. Sometimes it needs to be buried way, way out of town. And sometimes it should never be uncovered at all.” WayNeedsShouldSometimesTruth IsWasteTownsNuclearBuriedNuclear Waste Author:Gina Barreca
“Most cooks would not, for example, prepare an important, elaborate, and difficult dish on the back-burner. Neither should we relegate the cultivation and preparation of happiness for a position where it is both hard to reach and difficult to infuse with new ingredients.” ShouldImportantHardDifficultExamplePositionPreparationCooksIngredientsDishesCultivationBack Burner Author:Gina Barreca
“While I do not believe the earth loaned to us by our ancestors should be plagued by chemical horrors and thereby corrupted for future generations, neither do I believe I should have to face anything that has more eyes than I have during dinner. It was my rule when I was dating and, heck, it's still my rule now.” ShouldBelieveStillsEyeEarthFacesI BelieveGenerationsHorrorShould HaveDatingDinnerChemicalsAncestorFuture Generation Author: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.” ShouldGirlDiamondYour Best Friend Book:It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World Source: It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World
“...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 hearing and reading these lines I have decided to tell the truth: the original version is wrong. There is a grave error in the wording of this adage. The correct version should go as follows: Love like you don't need the money, Work like nobody is watching, Dance like you've never been hurt. See? Doesn't that make more sense?” WayNeedsShouldYearsReadingHurtLinesLike YouDecidedAnd LoveOriginalsErrorsHearingGravesBest WayVersionsTelling The TruthAphorismAdagesWay To LiveInsistingBeen HurtWording Author:Gina Barreca
