Dumplin'
Julie Murphy
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I've wasted a lot of time in my life. I've thought too much about what people will say or what they're gonna think. And sometimes it's over silly things like going to the grocery store or going to the post office. But there have been times when I really stopped myself from doing something special. All because I was scared someone might look at me and decide I wasn't good enough. But you don't have to bother with that nonsense. I wasted all that time so you don't have to.”
“I think maybe it’s the things we don’t want to talk about that are the things people most want to hear.”
“I guess sometimes the perfection we perceive in others is made up of a whole bunch of tiny imperfections, because some days the damn dress just won't zip.”
“All my life I’ve had a body worth commenting on and if living in my skin has taught me anything it’s that if it’s not your body, it’s not yours to comment on.”
“There’s something about swimsuits that make you think you’ve got to earn the right to wear them. And that’s wrong. Really, the criteria is simple. Do you have a body? Put a swimsuit on it.”
“There's some kind of peace that comes with knowing that for every person who is waiting to be found, there's someone out there searching.”
“I think you gotta be who you want to be until you feel like you are whoever it is you're trying to become. Sometimes half of doing something is pretending that you can.”
“Good friendships are durable. They're meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.”
“Perfection is nothing more than a phantom shadow we’re all chasing”
“I don't get why we call it a crush when it feels more like a curse.”
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Book Keywords:
fear, self-worth, anxiety, self-esteem
