"It is, at the most basic level, a bundle of contradictions: a desire for power that strips you of all power. A gesture of strength that divests you of all strength."

--

Source : Marya Hornbacher (2009). “Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia”, p.9, Harper Collins

Marya Hornbacher

#Desire Quotes #Levels Quotes #Gestures Quotes

“There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine.”
“A smile flickered across Coralâ€™s face. â€œHave you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweetsâ€”raspberry trifle is my own despairâ€”it is quite impossible not to think, not to want, not to crave until you have taken another bite?â€ â€œLord Swartingham is not a raspberry trifle.â€ â€œNo, more of a dark chocolate mousse, I should think,â€ Coral murmured. â€œAnd,â€ Anna continued as if she hadnâ€™t heard the interruption, â€œI donâ€™t need another bite, uh,night of him.”
“I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to defend it.”
“All these poses of classical torture ruined my mind like a snake in the orchard. I did go from wanting to be someone, now I'm drunk and wearing flip-flops on Fifth Avenue.”
“Christianity is not a mere religion but an experimentally testable science.”
“Theological error is the most pernicious of errors; it strikes at man's center and separates him from his Creator and Redeemer. God insisted not only that Israelites should judge their own hearts and cast aside falsehood about Him but that they should also confront it wherever it emerged.”
“A smile can heal a thousand wounds.”
“In a branch of medicine rife with paradoxes, contradictions, inconsistencies, and illogic, episiotomy crowns them all. The major argument for episiotomy is that it protects the perineum from injury, a protection accomplished by slicing through perineal skin, connective, tissue, and muscle.”

Source : Henci Goer (1995). “Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: A Guide to the Medical Literature”, p.276, Greenwood Publishing Group

You may also like: