KimeyDiann

“Nope,” says Hannah. “I call bullshit. You don’t deserve to win anything or be in any pageant until you make the effort and do the work. Maybe fat girls or girls with limps or girls with big teeth don’t usually win beauty pageants. Maybe that’s not the norm. But the only way to change that is to be present. We can’t expect the same things these other girls do until we demand it. Because no one’s lining up to give us shit, Will.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Lucy always said that the greatest friends have nothing and everything in common all at once. Y'all girls are different versions of the same story, she would say.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“it’s this reminder that no matter who you are, there will always be someone prettier or smarter or thinner. Perfection is nothing more than a phantom shadow we’re all chasing.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“What we achieve at our best moment doesn’t say much about who we are. It all boils down to what we become at our worst moment.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Feverborn