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Marya Hornbacher has 104 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the hang of…
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You will miss her sometimes. Bear in mind she's trying to kill you. Bear in mind you have a life to live.
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I wish I could find words to explain what this kind of cold is like- the cold that has somehow gotten in…
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Somewhere in the back of my brain there exists this certainty: The body is no more than a costume, and can be…
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You will not stop. The pain is necessary, especially the pain of hunger. It reassures you that you are strong, can withstand…
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Starvation is incredibly frightening when it finally sets in with a vengeance. And when it does,you are surprised. You hadn't meant this.…
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Recovery isn’t easy, at first. It takes time. It takes more work, sometimes, than you think you’re willing to do. But it…
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So many means of self-destruction, so little time.
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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…
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The problem is that you don't just choose recovery. You have to keep choosing recovery, over and over and over again. You…
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In truth, you like the pain. You like it because you believe you deserve it.
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I was perpetually grief-stricken when I finished a book, and would slide down from my sitting position on the bed, put my…
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Behind all art is an element of desire...Love of life, of existence, love of another human being, love of human beings is…
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If the nose has become a deeply disillusioned and grief-stricken organ in the modern world, then what of the ear? The poor…
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