“[The thin girl was thinking], ‘How dare you not suffer as much as I do! How dare you eat a bite of something sinful and note beat yourself up about it the way I do! How dare you be happier than I am! If a fat person can be healthy without starving herself and working out obsessively, if she can be happy without being thin, then I’ve suffered for nothing, and I can’t stand that thought. I can’t stand the thought of you.’”
“If everyone in the United States ate no more than 30% fat, the average lifespan would only increase by three to four months. If everyone in the United States quit smoking, the average lifespan would increase by three to four years.”
–from Marilyn Wann’s book Fat!So?
Labels: quotations, think-abouts
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I’m Marissa, can-do-ologist, perpetual Curious George, and daily adventurer. 
