“The reward is entrance to the “world of the Spirit,” which is to say, entrance to this world, a place at this… — Marya Hornbacher Human life Copy Share Image
“Bear in mind you have a life to live. There is an incredible loss. There is a profound grief. And there is,… — Marya Hornbacher Death Copy Share Image
“The night I shaved it off altogether, a Staff named Mark, whose take-no-prisoners approach I respected and feared, pulled me aside, looked… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“By November, you wish you were dead. You want nothing more. Every day, every fucking day, you run up the steps of… — Marya Hornbacher Every day Copy Share Image
“for the purposes of my own spirituality, it is far more useful to recognize the limitations of my knowledge; to humble myself,… — Marya Hornbacher Knowledge Copy Share Image
[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the hang of… — Marya Hornbacher Arms Copy Share Image
When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters. — Marya Hornbacher Character Copy Share Image
“So what are the spiritual principles that we want guiding us as we interact with others? I can think of a few… — Marya Hornbacher Empathy Copy Share Image
“For all its God language, the Twelve Step program isn’t actually an attempt at religious conversion. Really, it just tries to bring… — Marya Hornbacher Programming Copy Share Image
Starvation is incredibly frightening when it finally sets in with a vengeance. And when it does,you are surprised. You hadn't meant this.… — Marya Hornbacher Doe Copy Share Image
“Death is a fascinating thing. The human mind continually returns and returns to death, to mortality, immortality, damnation, salvation. Some fear death,… — Marya Hornbacher Death Copy Share Image
When you believe that you are not worthwhile in and of yourself, in the back of your mind you also begin to… — Marya Hornbacher Believe Copy Share Image
“Steps Six and Seven are often brushed off, especially by the nonbeliever, because they seem to assume a direct relationship with a… — Marya Hornbacher Religion Copy Share Image
“As I head back up the stairs, I hear the dryer make a sound of great mechanical distress, nnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee , and I… — Marya Hornbacher Computers Copy Share Image
And so I am feeling numb. It's a curious feeling, and I get it all the time. My attention to the world… — Marya Hornbacher Attention Copy Share Image
I get absolutely shitfaced. I am shitfaced and hyper and ten years old. I am having the time of my life. — Marya Hornbacher Hyper Copy Share Image
The term “starvation diet” refers to 900 calories a day. I was on one-third of a starvation diet. What do you call… — Marya Hornbacher Calories Copy Share Image
I do not remember very many things from the inside out. I do not remember what it felt like to touch things,… — Marya Hornbacher Break Copy Share Image
My god! people say. You have so much self-control! And later: My god. You're so, so sick. When people say this, they… — Marya Hornbacher Bed Copy Share Image
Never, never underestimate the power of desire. If you want to live badly enough, you can live. The great question, at least… — Marya Hornbacher Desire Copy Share Image
But in some ways, the most significant choices one makes in life are done for reasons that are not all that dramatic,… — Marya Hornbacher Choice Copy Share Image
Somewhere in the back of my brain there exists this certainty: The body is no more than a costume, and can be… — Marya Hornbacher Alright Copy Share Image
In her presence, I was reminded again of why I was an anoretic: fear. Of my needs, for food, for sleep, for… — Marya Hornbacher Being human Copy Share Image
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