David Flory

“I may be uncomfortable, but I refuse to be ashamed”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“it’s this reminder that no matter who you are, there will always be someone prettier or smarter or thinner. Perfection is nothing more than a phantom shadow we’re all chasing.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“I want to be with you,” he says. “But I can’t if you won’t let me.”
“Why?” I drop my bag in the driveway. “Why do you want to be with this?” I wave my arm up and down the length of my body. Immediately, I hate myself for this. The only person making this about my body is me.
“Because I like you. I think I might feel a lot more than that for you, Willowdean. How is that so hard to believe?”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Beautiful, he says. Fat, I think. But can’t I be both at the same time?”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'