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> [The nerves of the skin send pain signals to the brain to warn us of the danger from and impending injury. In the case of self-inflicted wounding, this pain acts as the body's own defense mechanism to stop one from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/the-nerves-of-the-skin-send-pain-signals-to-the-brain-to-warn-us-of/)

[Steven Levenkron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levenkron/)

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## More by Steven Levenkron

> [Kessa ran her fingers over her stomach. Flat. But was it flat enough? Not quite. She still had some way to go. Just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/kessa-ran-her-fingers-over-her-stomach-flat-but-was-it-flat-enough/)

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> [The nerves of the skin send pain signals to the brain to warn us of the danger from and impending injury. In the case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/the-nerves-of-the-skin-send-pain-signals-to-the-brain-to-warn-us-of/)

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> [Repetition brings familiarity, and familiarity is the opposite of the unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/repetition-brings-familiarity-and-familiarity-is-the-opposite-of-the/)

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> [Self-mutilation is a frightening barrier that keeps us from seeing a person who is lost, in pain, and in desperate need of help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/self-mutilation-is-a-frightening-barrier-that-keeps-us-from-seeing-a/)

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> [ “\[. . .\] and in addition to the feeling of being full there was another more terrifying one, as if a hundred appetites were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/and-in-addition-to-the-feeling-of-being-full-there-was-another-more/)

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> [“This morning Kessa was in control again. She lifted her left breast with her right hand and pinched it hard. The girl in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/this-morning-kessa-was-in-control-again-she-lifted-her-left-breast/)

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> [She lay on her back and walked her fingers down her ribs, skipped them over her abdomen, and landed on her pelvic bones. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/she-lay-on-her-back-and-walked-her-fingers-down-her-ribs-skipped-them/)

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> [She'd lost two more pounds. A picture of the models she'd cut out of the magazine flashed through Kessa's mind. And the winner is...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/she-d-lost-two-more-pounds-a-picture-of-the-models-she-d-cut-out-of/)

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> [“Well, Kessa, I am glad to see that you're taking your body seriously. I shudder when I see the girls leaving class and heading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/well-kessa-i-am-glad-to-see-that-you-re-taking-your-body-seriously-i/)

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> [She ran her hands over her body as if to bid it good-bye. The hipbones rising from a shrunken stomach were razor-sharp. Would they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/she-ran-her-hands-over-her-body-as-if-to-bid-it-good-bye-the-hipbones/)

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> [“Fat bitch," Kessa murmured as the door scraped closed behind Mrs. Stone. "She meant well, Francesca. And you see, everyone thinks you're too thin."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/fat-bitch-kessa-murmured-as-the-door-scraped-closed-behind-mrs-stone/)

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> [Soon I'll be thinner than all of you, she swore to herself. And then I'll be the winner. The thinner is the winner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/soon-i-ll-be-thinner-than-all-of-you-she-swore-to-herself-and-then-i/)

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> [How silly people were to eat. They thought they needed food for energy, but they didn't. Energy came from will, from self-control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/how-silly-people-were-to-eat-they-thought-they-needed-food-for-energy/)

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> [Kessa began to cut her meat into tiny pieces. As a whole it was unmanageable, frightening; but divided and arranged, the meat could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/kessa-began-to-cut-her-meat-into-tiny-pieces-as-a-whole-it-was/)

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> [“She used to look forward to changing in the locker room when other girls stole shocked glances at her emaciated body last spring. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levenkron/she-used-to-look-forward-to-changing-in-the-locker-room-when-other/)

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