#body-image

"There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty."

"How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves."

"It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me."

"A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement"

"The human body is the best work of art."

"Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try."

"You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful."

"We are beautiful because we are sons and daughters of God, not because we look a certain way."