Kelly deVos > Quotes

“I'm down fifty pounds and I should be thrilled, but it's super awkward to have people call attention to me. It's like people think they're saying something that should make me feel really great. Instead, it's a reminder that they didn't like the way I looked before. That I'm fat and everybody has been judging me all along.”
― Kelly deVos, Fat Girl on a Plane

“Your body is no one’s business but your own. We are more than just our bodies. We are the sum of our abilities and accomplishments and hopes and dreams and friendships and relationships. It’s what we are inside that matters.”
― Kelly deVos, Fat Girl on a Plane

“I have a simple question for you. Are you living a life you love?”
― Kelly deVos, Eat Your Heart Out

“Fashion is art, and I’m not just talking about the Chado Ralph Rucci exhibit locked up at the Met. It’s one of the few kinds of art that everybody gets to participate in. Fashion turns each of us into our own museum. We curate ourselves at the closet door each morning. And for some people, that’s the only creative decision they ever get to make. It’s a pair of khakis and a T-shirt, but to the guy who picks them, it’s an exhibition. Of style.”
― Kelly deVos, Fat Girl on a Plane

“You should forgive your friend. But also realize that when we offer forgiveness, we don’t need to keep putting ourselves in a position to get hurt. Just because you love someone doesn’t necessarily mean being around that person is good for you.”
― Kelly deVos, Fat Girl on a Plane

“Of all the people in the universe, the overweight are the most conscious of personal space. We never want you to have to rub up against us. It’s possible that feeling never goes away, even if you lose weight.”
― Kelly deVos, Fat Girl on a Plane

“I think that's what attracted me to horror films. The best scary movies were about people who faced their demons and emerged as something different.”
― Kelly deVos, Go Hunt Me

“I’m happy the way I am. If you really cared about me, you would be happy, too.”
― Kelly deVos, Eat Your Heart Out

“I’m down fifty pounds and I should be thrilled, but it’s super awkward to have people call attention to me. It’s like people think they’re saying something that should make me feel really great. Instead, it’s a reminder that they didn’t like the way I looked before. That I’m fat and everybody has been judging me all along.”
― Kelly deVos, Fat Girl on a Plane

“Our parents don’t define us.”
― Kelly deVos, Eat Your Heart Out

“My mom always says that too. That personalities are like onions and in order to get to know people you have to peel back the layers. To see what’s underneath. But what do you get when you peel back the layers of an onion? More onion. It’s not like the first layer is onion and the second is chocolate cake. What if people aren’t that complicated?”
― Kelly deVos