Aimee Liu quotes
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“Eating disorders are like a gun that's formed by genetics, loaded by a culture and family ideals, and triggered by unbearable distress.”
-- Aimee LiuSource : Aimee Liu (2011). “Restoring Our Bodies, Reclaiming Our Lives: Guidance and Reflections on Recovery from Eating Disorders”, p.4, Shambhala Publications
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“Error sometimes supplies the surprise that makes life interesting.”
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“Certain temperaments respond to anxiety by pulling inward. Their instincts tell them ' Don't go out to meet the world - you'll have a panic attack. Inside is where safety is.”
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“I often went entire days without speaking - unable to get a word in over my inner taskmaster, who never shut up: “You fat, disgusting slob, you'll never be thin enough, good enough, smart enough, tough or talented enough.”
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“Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.”
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“Soul brother number 1+1 Gettin' fed like where drugs and guns come from”
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“You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.”
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“I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up.”
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“We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need.”
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