“i deem her insecurities insufferable turn-offs as if the male standard for sexiness is a gospel that demands she stop starving herself… — Britt Greifeld Copy Share Image
She ran her hands over her body as if to bid it good-bye. The hipbones rising from a shrunken stomach were razor-sharp.… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
For many years, I struggled with how I felt about myself. I hid and harbored very self-destructive eating issues, namely anorexia, which… — Renee Olstead Copy Share Image
I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
“I've come to realize that hunger feels more like home than any tangible structure ever has, or probably ever will. I know… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
“As I searched for food perfection, and as I gained weight, I began to realize that the race for perfection in anything… — Rachael Rose Steil Copy Share Image
“Many obese people spend a significant amount of their energy on suppressing the urge to tell some of the people who are… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I almost lost my best friend to anorexia. I am lending my voice as an entertainer, a mom, and a friend because… — Sara Evans Copy Share Image
Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't want to feel I'm responsible for anorexia across the country. — Courteney Cox Copy Share Image
I think my anorexia was to do with being a teenager, not being in films. — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
It is nice to be nice to the nice, if you are nice to the nice, the nice will be nice to… — My BOT English Teacher Copy Share Image
I starve myself to please my eyes in the mirror, but as the hurt goes on the pain gets clearer. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
She began to be reassured by these pains, tangible symbols of her success in becoming thinner than anyone else. Her only identity… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
Girls, the only time its ok to be skeleton skinny is when you are dead, so eat the freakin cookie and enjoy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had been on this insane diet for almost 17 years to maintain the weight that was demanded of me when I… — Carre Otis Copy Share Image
We have nothing to lose by trusting the infinite power of the Self, except the bondage of our own ignorance. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“I want to eat like a normal person eats, but I need to see my bones or I will hate myself even… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It's so easy to focus on the anguish and the misery; it's harder, somehow, to acknowledge the positive, maybe for fear of… — Harriet Brown Copy Share Image
If by that you mean that I dislike celebrity magazines, prefer food to anorexia, refuse to watch TV shows about models, and… — John Green Copy Share Image
In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-worker's party, women will… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I think it's obscene that many people are starving to death from anorexia. It's been said many times, it's trite. But when… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I finally understood that by being on a perpetual diet, I had practiced a "disordered" form of eating my whole life. I… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
“Fat bitch," Kessa murmured as the door scraped closed behind Mrs. Stone. "She meant well, Francesca. And you see, everyone thinks you're… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
A misperception about anorexia is that you don't eat. Not true. Maybe you eat just 500 calories a day. It would be… — Brittany Snow Copy Share Image
Smoke gunpowder and go to school to jump through hoops, sit up and beg, and roll over on command. Listen to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
