“Saving the body will do nothing but prolong the death. It is the souls that are immortal, and you cannot give yours away.”

“Darkness cannot rule light forever, and evil never truly has won dominion over good.”

“You walk in both light and shadow, and each one fits you.”

“It seemed unreal and unfair—that someone purposed for such evil could appear so alluring and ethereal.”

“Deception was another phase of life, with betrayal at its heels; or sometimes, shining in its eyes.”

“Life isn’t about what you’ve lost.”

“Our work is not to change what you do, but to witness what you do with enough awareness, enough curiosity, enough tenderness that the lies and old decisions upon which the compulsion is based become apparent and fall away. When you no longer believe that eating will save your life when you feel exhausted or overwhelmed or lonely, you will stop. When you believe in yourself more than you believe in food, you will stop using food as if it were your only chance at not falling apart. When the shape of your body no longer matches the shape of your beliefs, the weight disappears. (p. 80-81)”