I am not proud of having anorexia, I look at it as a failure; it's something that I wish I hadn't gone… — Michaela Strachan Copy Share Image
Anorexics never have boyfriends. ... That's one way to know you don't have anorexia, if you have a boyfriend. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Recovery doesn't mean putting your life on hold. Recovery means holding on so you can live your best life.” — Brittany Burgunder Copy Share Image
There are lots of eating disorders out there. It's not just anorexia. — Zara McDermott Copy Share Image
You deserve the place you have in this world. Do not let the eating disorder take that from you. — Rae Smith Copy Share Image
Anorexia is a disease that happens to people, mostly women and girls, who have obsessive, perfectionist personalities. — Crystal Renn Copy Share Image
The anoretic operates under the astounding illusion that she can escape the flesh, and, by association, the realm of emotions. — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die. I want to eat like a… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“For girls who've been pressured into sex they didn't want, growing into a woman's body can be terrifying. Anorexia and bulimia can… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
I am, uh ... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel… — Kristen Johnston Copy Share Image
Addiction, obesity, starvation (anorexia nervosa) are political problems, not psychiatric: each condense and expresses a contest between the individual and some other… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Anorexia, It's a problem that lots have. But can be conquered with the help and support of family and friends.. Only if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I used to pride myself on being impervious to the sentimentalities of soap opera, but when that loveliest of actresses, Rachel Gurney,… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
You know you've got problems when your head is hanging over the toilet, puking up your dinner, and what you're thinking of… — Teresa Lo Copy Share Image
We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or as a… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“I’ve never had anorexia, but I know it well. I see it on the street, in the gaunt and sunken face, the… — Harriet Brown Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, I'm obese. I'm considered a fat actress. I eat like a caveman. I'll be the only actress that doesn't have… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
In high school, I had a couple girlfriends who had very extreme eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia. And in college as well.… — Katie Lowes Copy Share Image
“Deception' is the word I most associate with anorexia and the treachery which comes from falsehood. The illness appears inviting. It would… — Carol Lee Copy Share Image
I want to have a nice stomach I want to feel confident at the beach I want to get guys I want… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Well, Kessa, I am glad to see that you're taking your body seriously. I shudder when I see the girls leaving class… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
“Weird? Absurd? That’s how it seemed to me. I had these forces, these compunctions, these alternative personalities inside me, driving me. It… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Emma cites the structure of the [Eating Disorder] Unit as being important to her decision to disengage from her illness, and the… — Carol Lee Copy Share Image
“Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for two or three days. After your skin… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Dear Anorexia, You are my best friend, and my worst enemy at the same time You are my greatest achievement, and yet… — Dakota Blue Cicilline Copy Share Image
“I think maybe they come out into the grounds in nightwear. But no, in typical anorexic stype they have read the fashion… — Carol Lee Copy Share Image
“One weekend it rained for 48 hours without stopping. The rain beat like bony fingers against the window panes. Tap. Tap. Tap.… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“In 1944-1945, Dr Ancel Keys, a specialist in nutrition and the inventor of the K-ration, led a carefully controlled yearlong study of… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
“At the lip of a cliff, I look out over Lake Superior, through the bare branches of birches and the snow-covered branches… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“If I was set an essay on Friday, I’d spend three hours on Saturday morning in the library. Was that normal? I… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“I didn't realize there was a ranking." I said. "Sadie frowned. "What do you mean?" "A ranking," I said. "You know, what's… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
While I was never diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia at the time, I've learned that starving myself and bingeing means I had… — Joanna Krupa Copy Share Image
I'm really tired, incredibly tired of hearing people say that fashion is behind anorexia. — Bianca Balti Copy Share Image
We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need. — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“Religious fasting is the best way to cure an anorexic's spirit: in heaven her condition will be normal.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image