Marya Hornbacher Quotes About Anorexia

Quotes about: Anorexia

• We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or as a thing that women just do. We forget that it is a violent act, that it bespeaks a profound level of anger toward and fear of the self.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Thinking, Psychosis, Violent Acts

• You will miss her sometimes. Bear in mind she's trying to kill you. Bear in mind you have a life to live.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Missing, Anorexia, Mind

• We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Skeletons, Anorexia, Eating Disorder

• The anoretic operates under the astounding illusion that she can escape the flesh, and, by association, the realm of emotions.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Anorexia, Flesh, Association

• Anorexia and bulimia seem to be getting much more common in boys, men, and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; they are also becoming more common in racial groups previously thought to be impervious to the problem.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Boys, Men, Anorexia

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