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One to Watch QUOTES

1 " As though if I could make my body fit on one of these tiny barstools, I'd be in a perfect, fulfilling relationship instead of forcing myself to get through this date, wishing I could just disappear. Of course I know that none of that is true. That I can't change my body type (and don't even want to!), that thin women are no more happy than I am, that these insecurities are seeded and tended in my brain by the weight-loss industry, which profits from our collective self-loathing to the tune of $70 billion each year-despite the fact the 97% of diets fail. (Side note: What if we put all that money towards solving actual health problems instead? Could we cure ovarian cancer, like, tomorrow?) I know all these things, but tonight, I just can't feel them "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

2 " Ruby: Oh, that's interesting! Do you even call men "plus-size," is that a thing?
Cat: Technically, you do, but it's not a phrase you hear a lot – society doesn't really feel the need to divide men according to their body size the way we do with women. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

3 " Bea felt a pang in her gut: Yes, she wanted to scream, I want this more than you could possibly imagine. But the idea of saying that out loud [...] felt terrifying. Like giving voice to this secret piece of herself would allow everyone in the world to tell her just how foolish she was for wanting something so laughably out of reach. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

4 " Everyone wanted so many things from her—to believe in herself and see her own true beauty, but not to be conceited, to know her place. Be more than your looks, but never speak out of turn. Don't be defined by love, but remember, you're nothing without it. Be a princess. Find your prince. You don't need a man to complete you. Stand on your own two feet. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

5 " I'm afraid that you're looking for your next chapter, and I'm looking for the whole rest of the book. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

6 " Some part of me that still feels like I should be grateful for any attention you show me, even if it’s nothing close to the way I want to be loved. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

7 " No, Beatrice, it's the hardest thing in the world. To have been that hurt, to feel that afraid, and to know that the only way you can be really, fully happy is to risk going through it all again. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

8 " You can live a long life never being hurt—and never quite being happy. If that’s what you want. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

9 " You don't have a boyfriend?"
"And spend my fifteen seconds of free time every week handling some man's emotions because he's not capable of dealing with them himself? Um, no. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

10 " To have been that hurt, to feel that afraid, and to know that the only way you can be really, fully happy is to risk going through it all again? It’s a terrifying choice to make. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

11 " Do you really see our bodies as so unworthy of wearing your clothes? But the hard truth is that a lot of people in the fashion world would really prefer that I weren’t in it. And I think a lot of plus-size women feel that way in our day-to-day lives. For us, something as simple as posting an outfit-of-the-day selfie is a political action, and we have to live with all "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

12 " I’ve spent a lot of time falling for people who weren’t really available,” she said carefully. “Which means, sad as it sounds, that a lot of my romantic life has taken place in my own imagination. Picturing what it would be like if we were together, extrapolating meaning from subtext, from things left unspoken. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

13 " Whenever Bea stepped into a patisserie to order something for herself, there were ripples of sideward glances, even occasional bald stares, the accusation always implied: It’s your own fault you look like this. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

14 " Of course, I know that none of that is true. That I can’t change my body type (and don’t even want to!), that thin women are no more happy than I am, that these insecurities are seeded and tended in my brain by the weight-loss industry, which profits from our collective self-loathing to the tune of $70 billion every year—despite "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

15 " it’s the hardest thing in the world. To have been that hurt, to feel that afraid, and to know that the only way you can be really, fully happy is to risk going through it all again? It’s a terrifying choice to make. But if you want to let someone be that close to you, it’s the only way. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

16 " You don’t have a boyfriend?” “And spend my fifteen seconds of free time every week handling some man’s emotions because he’s not capable of dealing with them himself? Um, no. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

17 " But when I come here, and I see all of you together—I want this so much. And it just feels impossible. Like you’re all living on this island, this place where people know how to love each other, and no matter what I do, I can’t figure out how to get there. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

18 " Listen, was I born gay, or did Julia Stiles in '10 Things I Hate About You' make me gay? It's literally impossible to know. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

19 " do other people actually live this way? They just fall in love, and they tell each other, and they never have to be ashamed, or embarrassed, or certain the other person doesn’t feel the same? And then—if you’re in love with me, and if I could really fall in love with you, does that mean I have to learn how to need you? To depend on you? What happens when you disappear on me like everyone else always has? "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch

20 " You don’t have to stand in your own way anymore. You can let yourself be happy. "

― Kate Stayman-London , One to Watch