Desire Quote by Roxane Gay

“Being too thin isn't particularly desirable here. Women eat.”

— Helen Russell

“What unites the women who seek to reduce their weight is the fact that they look for an answer to life's problems in the…

— Kim Chernin

“I grew up accepting the inevitability that once you became a woman, you were always on a diet. Being a woman equaled loss.”

— Cathy Alter

“I curse the day starvation became a commonly accepted diet for women.”

— Nicole Williams

“There’s nothing more tragic than a man who gains weight like a woman does.”

— Edan Lepucki

“not that concerned with weight for its own sake. For me, weight loss is a happy side effect of loving yourself more and feeling…

— Jessica Ortner

“The proof that the One Stone Solution is political lies in what women feel when they eat 'too much': guilt. Why should guilt be…

— Naomi Wolf

“This world and its unwillingness to accept and accommodate me are the problem. But I suspect it is more likely that I can change…

— Roxane Gay

“But losing weight for health reasons is a very dull prospect, doomed at the outset. Losing weight for romance, that’s altogether different.”

— Elizabeth Berg

“Weight loss is a sum of all of your habits - not individual ones.”

— Helen M. Ryan

“What no one really talks about, though, is the main reason many of us fail with our weight loss efforts: our minds won't let…

— Helen M. Ryan

“A new formula for weight loss is needed. Losing weight, especially for women, is never just about the food. It is always about a…

— Kenneth Schwarz