
“This morning Kessa was in control again. She lifted her left breast with her right hand and pinched it hard. The girl in the mirror began to cry. Francesca Louise began to cry. Two rivers of water streamed down either side of Francesca Louise's nose. "Coward," Kessa hissed at the crying girl. "Queen Francesca Louise, queen of the cowards, queen of nothing, queen of nobody. You're finished, ended, dead." Kessa was still pinching and the girl in the mirror was still crying. "Good-bye forever, Francesca Louise.”
― The Best Little Girl in the World
― The Best Little Girl in the World
“Soon I'll be thinner than all of you, she swore to herself. And then I'll be the winner. The thinner is the winner.”
― The Best Little Girl in the World
― The Best Little Girl in the World

“Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong.”
― Wintergirls
― Wintergirls

“Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.”
― Wintergirls
― Wintergirls
“She ran her hands over her body as if to bid it good-bye. The hipbones rising from a shrunken stomach were razor-sharp. Would they be lost in a sea of fat? She counted her ribs bone by bone. Where would they go?”
― The Best Little Girl in the World
― The Best Little Girl in the World
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