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• It’s like he has this power over me—like I have an eating disorder and he’s a package of Oreo Double Stuff cookies.

  Christopher Moore

  Oreos, Cookies, Stuff

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• In that six months, so much happened that death seemed, primarily, inconvenient. The trial period was extended. I seem to keep extending it. There are many things to do. There are books to write and naps to take. There are movies to see and scrambled eggs to eat. Life is essentially trivial. You either decide you will take the trite business of life and give yourself the option of doing something really cool, or you decide you will opt for the Grand Epic of eating disorders and dedicate your life to being seriously trivial.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Book, Writing, Epic

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• I don't think people realize, when they're just getting started on an eating disorder or even when they're in the grip of one, that it is not something that you just "get over." For the vast majority of eating-disordered people, it is something that will haunt you for the rest of your life. You may change your behavior, change your beliefs about yourself and your body, give up that particular way of coping in the world. You may learn, as I have, that you would rather be a human than a human's thin shell. You may get well. But you never forget.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Giving Up, Get Well, Thinking

  Marya Hornbacher (2009). “Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Self Esteem, Bad Day, Body Weight

  Simone de Beauvoir (1953). “The second sex”, Vintage

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• The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their daughters, "Hey fatty-lose some weight." By contrast, Western parents have to tiptoe around the issue, talking in terms of "health" and never ever mentioning the f-word, and their kids still end up in therapy for eating disorders and negative self image.

  Amy Chua

  Daughter, Mother, Kids

  Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.10, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• • Eating disorders are addictions. You become addicted to a number of their effects. The two most basic and important: the pure adrenaline that kicks in when you're starving—you're high as a kite, sleepless, full of a frenetic, unstable energy—and the heightened intensity of experience that eating disorders initially induce. At first, everything tastes and smells intense, tactile experience is intense, your own drive and energy themselves are intense and focused. Your sense of power is very, very intense. You are not aware, however, that you are quickly becoming addicted.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Two, Smell, Numbers

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• Bear in mind, people with eating disorders tend to be both competitive and intelligent. We are incredibly perfectionistic. We often excel in school,athletics,artistic pursuits. We also tend to quit without warning. Refuse to go to school,drop out,quit jobs,leave lovers,move,lose all our money. We get sick of being impressive. Rather,we tire of having to seem impressive. As a rule,most of us never really believed we were any good in the first place.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Jobs, Moving, School

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• I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.

  Richard Simmons

  Kids, Way, Like Me

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• I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was.

  Geri Halliwell

  Mother, Children, Thinking

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• As the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, I represent the designers. And while we can by no means take the blame for eating disorders, we can play our part in addressing this important issue.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Fashion, Mean, Play

  "Fat is a fashionable issue" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2007.

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• The future depends on what we do in the present.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Success, Peace

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• Too many young girls have eating disorders due to low self-esteem and distorted body image. I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

  Ariana Grande

  Beauty, Girl, Self Esteem

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• Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Love, Self, Anorexia

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 2, 1678.

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• I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Self, Leaving, Anorexia

  Katherine Anne Porter (2014). “Flowering Judas and Other Stories: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.81, Library of America

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• Man is never alone. Acknowledged or unacknowledged, that which dreams through him is always there to support him from within.

  Laurens van der Post

  Dream, Men, Self

  Laurens Van Der Post (1994). “Feather Fall: An Anthology”, Hodder & Stoughton

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• Red flag of the eating disorder: the muffin. Keep your eye on the ladies with the muffins... and sometimes I'll just eat the muffin top.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Eye, Red Flags, Muffins

  "Janeane Garofalo". TV Special, August 23, 1997.

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• We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

  Jean Guitton

  Self, Numbers, Anorexia

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• Confidence comes not from always being right but from not
  fearing to be wrong.

  Peter McIntyre

  Motivational, Positive, Confidence

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• If we are ready to tear down the walls that confine us, break the cage that imprisons us, we will discover what our wings are for.

  Michael Elmore-Meegan

  Wall, Recovery, Wings

  "All Will be Well". Book by Michael Meegan, 2004.

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• Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. Don't worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

  Sherman Glenn Finesilver

  Failure, Recovery, Remember You

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• Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Life, Motivational, Faith

  Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• My words of encouragement for teen girls suffering with eating disorders, self-harm, anything... is to get help. It's the most important thing you can do for yourself, and it can change your life and potentially save your life.

  Demi Lovato

  Girl, Encouragement, Self Harm

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• Remember there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible

  Cherie Carter-Scott

  Love, Trust, Mistake

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• The stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking didn't make her skinny, it made her cry.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Skinny, Cry, Made

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.87, Scholastic UK

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• When I was dealing with the eating disorder, I wanted to look like the stick-thin models, but then I started reading fitness magazines and seeing these girls with great bodies that weren’t too muscular.

  Torrie Wilson

  Girl, Reading, Looks

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