Diets are a temporary solution to a permanent problem.

Being nuts is its own reward.

You must never be afraid in New York City, because then you will call bad stuff to you and you will not like it there.

I survived my childhood by birthing many separate identities to stand in for one another in times of great stress and fear.

My daughter made me a Jerry Springer-watching kit, with crackers, Cheez Whiz, polyester stretch pants and a T-shirt with two fat women fighting over a skinny guy.

My grandmother ... came here, not only like so many others because of the streets 'being paved with gold' and all, but because she wanted to leave the place where the streets were paved with people who had not gone to America.

As long as your abuser has you scared, you will stay in the cycle of abuse. Thinking of solutions helps you to escape.