Maya Barbeesh

“This is when you realize that sometimes, just sometimes, you need to close your door so others can knock on it. Sometimes you need to stop shining so others can notice your existence. Sometimes you need to stop answering unasked questions so others can start wondering.”
― Najwa Zebian, Mind Platter

“If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.”
― Harriet Brown, Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight -- and What We Can Do about It

“Weight dissatisfaction may actually discourage people from engaging in healthy behaviors,”
― Harriet Brown, Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight -- and What We Can Do about It

“Little do you know that, while you’re envying a person’s beauty, money, or success, they may be battling to live. Those things that they have that you don’t have may be a way of helping them cope. Those things may be a way of proving to them that perfection does not exist. It cannot exist. Just because people don’t complain to you doesn’t mean that they don’t have problems. It means that they’ve learned to accept their problems and deal with them without wanting you to worry. They think of how to keep you happy while you wonder how they could be so happy.”
― Najwa Zebian, Mind Platter