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On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

by Bonnie Tsui (Goodreads Author)

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I didn’t want to be sixty years old at a high school graduation, wondering if I’d created a menace to society or a contributing member. I wanted to be on a beach in the Caribbean islands. Visiting ancient ruins in Peru. The pyramids in ...more

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“Actually…someday I’m hoping to write a book about a girl who looks like me.” What I mean is a book specifically about a fat Puerto Rican girl with glasses. I’ve never once read a story about one, and something about that has always made me feel devastatingly alone.”
― Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

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“You said reading would make me brilliant, but writing would make me infinite.”
― Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes a Breath

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“There is nothing more infuriating than a privileged skinny person being embarrassed about their body. It’s like they won the body lottery and they can’t even appreciate it.”
― Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

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“So no, we aren’t damaged. We have suffered from the brutality of an inherently violent system that favors maleness over womanhood. We’ve been victimized, but that doesn’t make us all victims.”
― Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes a Breath

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“You're the only right thing I've ever wanted.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate

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