Quotes by Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

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In her presence, I was reminded again of why I was an anoretic: fear. Of my needs, for food, for sleep, for touch, for s — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
The leap of faith is this: You have to believe, or at least pretend you believe until you really believe it, that you ar — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
I look back on my life the way one watches a badly scripted action flick, sitting at the edge of the seat, bursting out, — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Never, never underestimate the power of desire. If you want to live badly enough, you can live. The great question, at l — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders. — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
I have a remarkable ability to delete all better judgement from my brain when I get my head set on something. I have no — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
You cannot explain, with the limitations of language and inexperience, why your body can cause such a sudden, fumbling r — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
I was used to sleeping with people because I endlessly found myself in identical situations where it was easier to just — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
The idea began to sink in, more than it ever had, that I might be crazy, in the traditional sense of the word. That I mi — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Bear in mind you have a life to live. There is an incredible loss. There is a profound grief. And there is, in the end, — Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia