"Dietland" Quotes
A woman embarks on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment while navigating society's expectations of beauty and weight in "Dietland" by Sarai Walker.
fiction | 320 pages | Published in 2015
Quotes
I was sick of being told that I was too big, too loud, too fierce, too much, and I was done with the dieting and the pretending and the shrinking and the staying small.
It’s a strange feeling to be in the hands of a man who could do whatever he wanted with you.
What I thought was my greatest shame turned out to be my greatest strength.
I am not an object of desire, I am the subject of desire.
I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought, there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do.
When you’re fat, there’s no such thing as a private life.
It’s not easy to be a woman, especially if you’re fat, and you have to think about everything that you do. Everything.
I’m not hiding anymore. I’m not afraid.
Guilt and shame are the enemies of change.
Dietland is not a place. It is a state of mind.
