Emma Woolf Quotes & Sayings

People, especially women, are judged on their bodies. And food, far from being a source of energy and enjoyment, becomes a battleground of guilt and shame and excess and deprivation. Everywhere we look, success and sexiness and happiness seem to belong to the thin. — Emma Woolf

Anorexia is, without doubt, a serious eating disorder, but there is a hell of a lot of mainstream disordered eating going on out there. — Emma Woolf

When everything is available, nothing is ever enough. — Emma Woolf

When I look back, I can which year it was not from events or the actual date, but the way I was feeling. — Emma Woolf

The notion that life could be any different - that it could be better - becomes inconceivable. You forget how good it was to be normal. Worst of all, you come to believe that you prefer it this way. — Emma Woolf

I wondered, Why would you run with someone else? Why would you choose to share this intense, solitary activity, mile after mile, in sunshine and rain, alone with your thoughts, every step making you leaner, firmer, every mile taking you farther from the lazy, lethargic world? Like writing and eating, I couldn't stand to share my running. It was such a personal thing: a therapeutic punishment, a way to push, push, push myself. — Emma Woolf

Are we really going to spend our whole lives like this, feeling the wrong shape and the wrong weight in the wrong skin? — Emma Woolf

Basically, when it comes to women, both aging and eating are somehow shameful. — Emma Woolf

No one can turn back the clock. Lie about your age if you want, but we're all going in the same direction. — Emma Woolf

Let me explain. Say you have an eating disorder like anorexia - you've probably been hiding the condition for a long time. After months or years, you face your demons, with or without therapy, you admit you're ill and eventually decide you want to recover. But this is only half the battle. Once start to eat again, once you begin to gain weight, it's unbelievably stressful. Having gone from absolute control over every calorie which goes into your mouth, you're now being forced to double, maybe even triple that amount. You're being forced to consume unsafe substances like butter, oil, nuts. Every mouthful takes a colossal effort. In your rigid anorexic mindset, not being underweight equates to being overweight. Not being hungry equates to greed. Giving up an eating disorder is frightening. It is almost impossible to imagine that the process will ever be ok. — Emma Woolf

Then I took a shower, unlocked the door, and set out on destroying myself. — Emma Woolf

A suicide is tragic because nothing interrupted it. — Emma Woolf

Being constantly hungry is no life at all. — Emma Woolf