Self Quotes by Marya Hornbacher

10 Self quotes by Marya Hornbacher

Hornbacher’s ten short insights give a straightforward look at her candid, often raw approach to inner experience. They serve as a compact introduction to her honest, memoir‑style perspective.

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I'm a driven perfectionist, very self-critical.

Marya Hornbacher

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“The spiritual self is the deepest, most integrated aspect of who we are.”

Marya Hornbacher

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So many means of self-destruction, so little time.

Marya Hornbacher

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One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind was fast…

Marya Hornbacher

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We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or as a…

Marya Hornbacher

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There was a time when I was unable to get out of bed because my body, its muscles eating themselves away, refused…

Marya Hornbacher

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“We put an extraordinary amount of effort into how we appear, or wish to appear, trying frantically to construct a sense of…

Marya Hornbacher

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“Am I ultimately alone? How many of us have asked that question—drunk or sober—when we’ve wondered if there was a God or…

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In her presence, I was reminded again of why I was an anoretic: fear. Of my needs, for food, for sleep, for…

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My god! people say. You have so much self-control! And later: My god. You're so, so sick. When people say this, they…

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