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“I think they have to find a burning, beautiful dream to inspire within them the courage to leave their small, safe, dark place.”
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
“I mean, you do always have a choice,’ she adds. ‘You can use your free will to keep anorexia going, or you can use your free will to swap it out for a higher plane, a higher you. But we’re always meant to upgrade our problems.”
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
“And maybe I will live a happier, wilder, more colourful and unpredictable life if I can finally abandon the debilitating and brutal pursuit of perfection.”
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
“I think of butterflies gleaming tragically on their pins, and of women who waste their unfathomable depths and limitless creativity – and eventually whittle themselves away to nothing – hunting for perfection in their own bodies. And I think maybe I’m better off not spending my life pining and hankering for the transient and useless fantasy of feminine perfection.”
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
“Some days, it does not feel worth it. Some days, I just miss the safety of getting as low as I could get, physically and emotionally. I miss the security of being my own biggest bully.”
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
― The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and the Glory of Growing Up
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