April Leigh

“You are dear to yourself in the morning and it is the morning now. It is very private to have such a love for yourself. Closer, closer to the curtain. How funny, your face is right right against the curtain now. How funny to know what side of it you are on! You are asleep! How wonderful to pay attention.”
― Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

“All the details change but one: it is a woman with her hand on the door to Hell.”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“It is tiring to be a woman who loves to eat in a society where hunger is something not to be satisfied but controlled. Where a long history of female hunger is associated with shame and madness. The body must be punished for every misstep; for every "indulgence" the balance of control must be restored. To enjoy food as a young woman, to opt out every day from the guilt expected of me, is a radical act, of love.”
― Nina Mingya Powles, Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai

“With some practice, I learn not to regret it ... I begin to prioritise joy.”
― Nina Mingya Powles, Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai