Quote by Sarah Pekkanen

“She was grossly overweight, though I could tell from her refined features that she may have been quite pretty in a younger, leaner life.”

— Patricia Cornwell

“No wonder she was so underweight. She was desperate to please a woman that could never be pleased, in the hopes of being loved…

— Rose Wynters

“Isabel had hated me on sight, and not because I was fat. Just because she could.”

— Sarah Dessen

“For a girl with such a fat ass, I felt pretty invisible.”

— Kody Keplinger

“There was a hollow in her chest, but at the bottom of this emptiness a heavy weight pressed down and bruised her stomach, so…

— Carson McCullers

“She sounded angry. That was the way she'd been as long as he'd known her. If she became ill, it irritated her. She was…

— Richard Matheson

“No weight in her pockets and far too much heaviness in her heart.”

— Amy Harmon

“All her bones seemed more purposeful than other people's. Like they weren't there to hold her up; they were there to make a point.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“With a tired sigh, she went to stare at her reflection, checking her costume for any telltale flaws. The tight, red, sequined bodysuit clung…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“She used to look forward to changing in the locker room when other girls stole shocked glances at her emaciated body last spring. Now…

— Steven Levenkron

“There was too much to feel strongly about, she was stretched too thin, so she could not quite feel anything about anything.”

— Frances Hardinge

“She wasn't much over five feet and a hundred pounds, and she looked a little scrawny around the neck and ankles. But that was…

— Jim Thompson