The Thick and the Lean Quotes

“You spoke in general terms-- God is the sky, God is all around us, God is within us. I didn't feel judged by God, because I didn't feel separate from him. That gave me the strength to find a place I belonged. Because I didn't feel unloved by God.”
― Chana Porter, The Thick and the Lean

“We're taught that the most important thing we can contribute to the world is our beauty, our thinness. This saps our energy, our brain-power, our internal fight. It makes us feel crazy, as if our bodies are enemies, our own minds cannot be trusted. We cannot take on the world for we are too busy battling ourselves.”
― Chana Porter, The Thick and the Lean

“You can either be young and beautiful, or you can work forever in anonymity, while all your male peers get famous, get the prize teaching jobs, get solo shows, get awards. Then, when you're an old woman, if you've somehow kept going and you're very, very lucky, the world bows down at your feet.”
― Chana Porter, The Thick and the Lean

“Reiko, no man starts out mean. Who would stay for that? They wait until you love them. He's testing you, to see how much he can get away with. When they get mean, you have to leave right away.”
― Chana Porter, The Thick and the Lean