I love being able to wear dresses and clothes that make me feel feminine and beautiful, and I love the fact that I don't have to all the time; I can wear a tank and jeans.

Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.

You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering.

I had to find a relationship with someone who could simultaneously make me grow up and keep me forever young.

Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.

Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.