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she felt as though they wanted to sever her head from her body, to discard the meat of her and leave the small round disk of her face as her one saving quality.
“Telling yourself you like the way you look is easy. Believing it is an entirely different kettle of whales.”
― The Impressionists
― The Impressionists
“No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.”
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“The average personality re-shapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul-desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change.”
― Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
― Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
“Beauty shouldn’t be about changing yourself to achieve an ideal or be more socially acceptable. Real beauty, the interesting, truly pleasing kind, is about honoring the beauty within you and without you. It’s about knowing that someone else’s definition of pretty has no hold over you.”
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“To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.”
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