“How do these things weigh a thousand tons and stay in the air? It’s against the laws of God and nature and just heaviness.”— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Susie Myerson, Alex Borstein, imdb.com
“Eric, honey, could you get the Thanksgiving turkey out of the freezer? Oh, wait. It's a 20-pounder. Donna, could you get the Thanksgiving turkey out of the freezer?”— Dean Batali, Kitty Forman, Debra Jo Rupp, imdb.com
“Jamie: You don't look that heavy. If you won't walk, I shall pick you up and throw you over my shoulder! D'ye want me to do that? Claire: No! Jamie: Well then, I guess that means you're coming with me.”— Ronald D. Moore, imdb.com
“But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.”— Benjamin Alire Sáenz, amazon.com
“Don't gain or lose weight quickly! Not because it's unhealthy, but because the loss of fat makes the vulva "flop." Like a fish outta water?”— Tracy Moore, jezebel.com
“The sun stopped shining for me is all. The whole story is: I am sad. I am sad all the time and the sadness is so heavy that I can’t get away from it. Not ever.”— Nina LaCour, amazon.com
“Ginika told her that ‘fat’ in America was a bad word, heaving with moral judgement like ‘stupid’ or ‘bastard,’ and not a mere description liked ‘short’ or ‘tall.’ So, she had banished the word ‘fat’ from her vocabulary…She said the word ‘fat’ slowly, funneling it back and forward, and thought about…”— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com
“I scroll through iPhone photos and see that if I delete pictures of myself with a double chin, I will erase all proof of my glorious life.”— Helen Ellis, amazon.com
“That’s the key, you know, confidence. I know for a fact that if you genuinely like your body, so can others. It doesn’t really matter if it’s short, tall, fat or thin, it just matters that you can find some things to like about it. Even if that means having a good laugh at the bits of it that wobble…”— Dawn French, amazon.com
“Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Men have always loved me. My kids ain't never complained.”— Alice Walker, amazon.com
“Body acceptance means, as much as possible, approving of and loving your body, despite its ‘imperfections’, real or perceived. That means accepting that your body is fatter than some others, or thinner than some others, that your eyes are a little crooked, that you have a disability that makes walki…”— Golda Poretsky, amazon.com
“I stuff another handful of Raisinets in my mouth. What gets me is the 'pretty face' bit. 'Cause I won't mind being reminded I'm fat as long as you water it down first. Why not say, Hey I'm going to insult you, but first I will congratulate your fortunate genetics and appropriate application of Bobbi…”— Jen Lancaster, amazon.com