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1 " And mostly, I’m furious that I live in a world that has the power to make me feel ugly and unlovable because of my body. "
― Sierra Simone , Misadventures of a Curvy Girl (Misadventures #18)
2 " People aren’t just confident and then that’s it, there’s nothing that can dent that confidence. People aren’t just brave and then free from fear their entire lives. We exist in tangles of virtue and weakness simultaneously—we are the best and worst of ourselves all at the same time. "
3 " And if the price of freedom is being alone, then fine. I’d rather be alone than be with someone who will only love me if I’m skinny. "
4 " Something not even years of therapy could teach me—something that seems painfully obvious now that I see it. People aren’t just one thing. People aren’t just confident and then that’s it, there’s nothing that can dent that confidence. People aren’t just brave and then free from fear their entire lives. We exist in tangles of virtue and weakness simultaneously—we are the best and worst of ourselves all at the same time. "
5 " I want to live now, have fun and do fun things now, not wait for some distant, skinnier future that may never come. "
6 " Sometimes it feels like there’s already one strike against me, that whatever happens, no matter what it is, a stranger will look at the situation and then at me and think, Oh, well, it’s because she’s overweight. "