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“As soon as you feel your own desire, you fall. To feel deeply is to fall far. The fallen woman is controlling or out of control; she is out for herself or out of her mind; she is out for blood and out of bounds. A fallen woman is a dangerous woman because she has nothing left to lose.”
― Gina Barreca, Fast Fallen Women: 75 Essays of Flash NonFiction

tags: growth, inspirational, overcoming-challenges-quotes, resilience, setbacks

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“When women are laughing, we're not telling jokes—we're telling stories. We're talking about what happened to us that day. Our lives are a riot.”
― Gina Barreca, Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

tags: anecdotes, comedy, everyday-humor, female-narratives, humor, laughter-therapy, sisterhood, womens-stories

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“All good writing reflects and illuminates life; Fast Funny Women holds up a compact mirror. In it you'll see yourself. With luck, you'll laugh.”
― Gina Barreca, Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

tags: humor, joyful, reflections, self-discovery, wit, writing

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“Here's to every woman who lost her virginity but kept the box it came in.”
― Gina Barreca, Fast Fallen Women: 75 Essays of Flash NonFiction

tags: confident-women, feminism, humor, virginity

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“Telling a funny story doesn't diminish the significance of the event, but instead changes the script. The fear of being laughed at becomes precisely what makes others laugh. You're the narrator and you have control over it. It becomes your story as opposed to something that happened.”
― Gina Barreca, Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

tags: humor, narrative, overcoming, storytelling

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