After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not tha — Anna Quindlen
After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not tha — Anna Quindlen
After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not tha — Anna Quindlen
After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not tha — Anna Quindlen
After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not tha — Anna Quindlen
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After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'

— Anna Quindlen
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