"The anorexic is out to prove how little……" — Rachel Cusk
"The anorexic is out to prove how little she needs, how little she can survive on; she is out, in a sense, to discredit her nurturers, while at the same time making a public crisis out of her need for nurture. Such vulnerability and such power: it brings the whole female machinery to a halt."
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Rachel Cusk
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61 Quotes by Rachel Cusk
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