146 Quotes by Gina Barreca

Every potato chip I've have ever eaten has added another chip to my shoulder. They’re a lot heavier to carry around than the pounds, somehow.

A truly thoughtful lover would not attempt to arouse you with the subtlety of a chimp trying to dial a rotary phone.

I've been married for a long time and there are days when I still wonder, 'Excuse me, but who is this man?

I will count my blessings when I am in the doldrums, count to ten when I am quarrelsome, and count on my friends when I need a laugh.

November makes me anxious. This year’s holidays are approaching with a particularly lean and nervous look, like coyotes dressed as reindeer and ready for a tussle. Nothing feels right.

Heaven makes you family, but a new generation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can make you friends.

Fate gives us relatives for one reason: so that we have to learn how to deal with people we'd otherwise never know.

When someone genuinely laughs with you, it’s proof that you share a certain internal space. And that’s not so lonely after all.

I see birthdays as a reward for having shown up 365 in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.