From eternal_llama

[skywardprodigal]

Being thin may get you noticed, but it will not get you seen, and it will never get you truly, fiercely loved. Only all four dimensions of your beauty--spirit, soul, mind, and yes body--will get you that. Both men and women are trapped in this maze of self-scrutiny, weight or shape preoccupation, preening and primping searching and spending. But love doesn't dwell at the the end of this maze, even if you do find your way through. Love can't be won like the lottery or hunted down like an animal. Love is much more elusive and complex. In fact, it is not something outside of us, waiting for us to find it. It is already inside, sometimes taking long, languid naps, sometimes watching, all the time waiting to be woken up by a resonant voice.

There is no one size fits all beauty, no perfect girl, no ideal guy. There is only a fit, plain and simple and miraculous. Courtney Martin in Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters

Comments

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

So, I need to get that book, then. Cause that passage right there is powerful.

[saskaia.livejournal.com]

Cosigned.