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So Nesta had become a wolf. Armed herself with invisible teeth and claws, and learned to strike faster, deeper, more lethally. Had relished it. But when the time came to put away the wolf, she’d found it had devoured her,
“Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.”
― 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
“How silly people were to eat. They thought they needed food for energy, but they didn't. Energy came from will, from self-control.”
― The Best Little Girl in the World
― The Best Little Girl in the World
“I don’t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore,
like I always thought I would.”
― You're Doing Just Fine
like I always thought I would.”
― You're Doing Just Fine
“I’ve never had anorexia, but I know it well. I see it on the street, in the gaunt and sunken face, the boney chest, the spindly arms of an emaciated woman. I’ve come to recognize the flat look of despair, the hopelessness that follows, inevitably, from years of starvation. I think: That could have been [me]. It wasn’t. It’s not.”
― Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
― Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
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