"Yesterday's dirt and mistakes have moved through me. I am shiny and pink inside, clean. Empty is good. Empty is strong" (p. 7).

"Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong" (p. 28).

"This body has a different metabolism. This body hates dragging around the chains they wrap around it. Proof? At 099.00 I think clearer, look better, feel stronger. When I reach the next goal, it will be all that, and more" (p. 52).

"I measure myself. I can't play soccer, and most of them have better grades than me. But I am the thinnest girl in the room, hands down" (p. 78).

"I knew what he wanted to hear. He couldn't stand me being sick. Nobody can. They only want to hear that you're healing, you're in recovery, taking it one day at a time. If you're locked into sick, you...