Old enough Quote by Francesca Martínez

“Their sole purpose is to make you feel bad about your life because you’re not rich and famous.”

— Francesca Martínez

“Eventually, I managed to peel it off, bit by bit, scratching at each piece until it was finally gone.”

— Francesca Martínez

“Reading celebrity magazines is like eating poo. Don’t do it: it’s bad for your health.”

— Francesca Martínez

“Our culture has the power to convince skinny people they are fat, young people they are old, old people they can be young, beautiful…

— Francesca Martínez

“It’s a shame that much of the media have emphatically refused, for a very long time, to represent diversity, because they play a crucial…

— Francesca Martínez

Accepting yourself as you are is an act of civil disobedience.

— Francesca Martinez

“It’s inescapable – we live in a world where what’s seen as successful, fashionable or beautiful is heavily shaped by a power base with…

— Francesca Martínez

“My disability, it transpired, was the least of my problems. The real question became: how do I defend myself against the constant onslaught of…

— Francesca Martínez

“I’m not quite sure what a normal life is. Surely everyone’s life is normal to them?”

— Francesca Martínez

“I can’t help noticing that the few people I’ve met in my life who haven’t ‘suffered’ much have also been monumentally boring.”

— Francesca Martínez

Tune into your own capacities and always make time for sleep

— Francesca Martinez

“And, in order to make us buy things we don’t need, advertisers have to make us believe that we need them. Desperately. So they…

— Francesca Martínez