Caroline Knapp
Anorexia is a response to cultural images of the female body — waiflike, angular — that both capitulates to the ideal and also mocks it, strips away all the ancillary signs of sexuality, strips away breasts and hips and butt and leaves in their place a garish caricature, a cruel cartoon of flesh and bone.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom...Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do...I am extraordinarily patient...Love does not dominate; it cultivates...Whatever we are waiting for — peace of mind...It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City...
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