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Marya Hornbacher

Marya Hornbacher Quotes

Total quotes: 4

Marya Hornbacher

Birthname

Birthday: April 4, 1974

Educated At: University Of Minnesota, American University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Essayist, Journalist, Writer

Total quotes: 4

“You never come back, not all the way. Always there is an odd distance between you and the people you love and the people you meet, a barrier thin as the glass of a mirror, you never come all the way out of the mirror; you stand, for the rest of your life, with one foot in this world and one in another, where everything is upside down and backward and sad.”

— Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Tagged: Eating Disorder, Self-Image, Self Boundaries, Relationships, distance between your loved ones, Self & Identity, self, barrier

“ It has been argued that food and eating have replaced sex as our foremost cultural taboo. To some extent I agree with this but would point out that the taboo is not against food, or sex, or flesh, but against a loss of control.”

— Marya Hornbacher, Wasted Updated Edition: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia(P.S.)

Tagged: Bodies, Mind body dualism, Mental Health, Control

“I did not like to be touched, but it was a strange dislike. I did not like to be touched because I craved it too much. I wanted to be held very tight so I would not break.”

— Marya Hornbacher, Wasted Updated Edition: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia(P.S.)

Tagged: Sadness, Deep Feelings, Sad Lyrics

“Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others get eating disorders.”

— Marya Hornbacher, Wasted Updated Edition: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia(P.S.)

Tagged: eating disorders, Chefs, food

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