“He leaned down and whispered to me: No matter how thin you get, no matter how short you cut your hair, it's still going to be you underneath. And he let go of my arm and walked back down the hall.”
― Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
― Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”
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“I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth, and when I talk myself into doing so, I taste only shame. I have an eating disorder.”
― Hollow: An Unpolished Tale
― Hollow: An Unpolished Tale
“We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need.”
― Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
― Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“Even with friends, I had difficulty giving or receiving physical affection, although I secretly craved it.”
― Going Hungry: Writers on Desire, Self-Denial, and Overcoming Anorexia
― Going Hungry: Writers on Desire, Self-Denial, and Overcoming Anorexia
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