“Pizza tastes as good as being skinny feels.”

“Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.”

“Nothing tastes as good as looking good feels.”

“Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."Marsha thinks about this. Then she says, "Not true.""I know," Tom says, and sighs.”

“Now that you're a Skinny Bitch, don't turn into a skinny bitch. We conceived of the title, Skinny Bitch, to get attention and sell books.... But we are not bitches, and we have no desire to promote bitchiness. There is nothing uglier than a pretty woman who's nasty. If you look great, you should feel good about yourself and be happy.”

“With the rising cost of food, either the portions get smaller, or the quality gets inferior. So, for example, pizza that used to taste like cardboard now tastes like carpet. Unvacuumed carpet, because I asked for lots of toppings.”