Quotes from book
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders. Published by Random House in 1998, Wasted was a critical and commercial success. The author's young age surprised many readers, and the memoir was praised for its maturity and candor.
“Hatred is so much closer to love than indifference.”
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“Having a normal person around me made it poingnantly clear to me that I was out of control.”
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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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“There is, in fact, an incredible freedom in having nothing left to lose.”
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“That’s the nice thing about dreams, the way you wake up before you fall.”
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.”
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“And yet you are all that you have, so you must be enough. There is no other way.”
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
