Sean Coons > Quotes

“The restrictive eating inherent in diets treats the body as a separate, inferior part of the human being to be manipulated as desired by the mind, as though the body and mind are in an adversarial relationship.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Refuse to succumb to the ultimate aim of the Propaganda Age, which is to flood you with ever-changing distractions and thereby fool you into thinking there is no such thing as truth.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Like many things born in the ’70s, the Information Age is not aging well. It started with so much promise in its youth—unlimited access to the collective knowledge of mankind and all that. But now it’s going through a midlife crisis, and instead of just divorcing its wife and buying a Porsche like everyone else, it has decided to reinvent itself as The Propaganda Age.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“People living in stone houses should not cast glass.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Fill your soul with beauty...
art
contemplation of your Creation
the power of LOVE
friends
family
people you don't know
God”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Lunacy is in the mind of the beholder.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Body is the first novel to explore the journey to healthy body image and intuitive eating in a story readers can model.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“When we break the mirrors with which we surround ourselves—mirrors we use for constant self-analysis and criticism—we can start to see that we live in a world filled with other people, people trapped in the same theater, people who, like us, need encouragement, friendship, love. And here we find freedom, here we find our purpose, for we are here, after all, to love.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“I might be out of line, but that’s where I prefer to stand.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Refuse to be caged.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Like many things born in the ’70s, the Information Age is not aging well.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“lose ego, ride Light”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Never burn a bridge you’re standing on.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

“Perfection is God’s territory. Our human territory is a practice field. And it’s filled with mistakes and accidents and false starts and defeats. And every now and again, a victory. This is how we become equipped, not for perfection, but for life.”
― Sean Coons, Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight