Millie Jenks

“How did I get like this?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“Deception' is the word I most associate with anorexia and the treachery which comes from falsehood. The illness appears inviting. It would seem to offer something to those unwary or unlucky enough to suffer from it - friendship, a get-out, or a haven - when, in fact, it is a trap.”
― Carol Lee, To Die For

“They said I had to get fatter.
I told them my goal was 080.00 and if they wanted my respect, they'd better stop lying to me.
When my brain started working again, I checked their math. Someone had made a mistake because they didn't figure in the snakes in my head and the thick shadows hiding inside the cage of my ribs.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“I want to eat like a normal person eats, but I need
to see my bones or I will hate myself even more and I
might cut out my heart or take every pill that was ever
made.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls