From the newsstands a dozen models smiled up at her from a dozen magazine covers, smiled in thin-faced, high-cheekboned agreement to Kessa’s new discovery. They knew the secret too. They knew thin was good, thin...

During a warm winter rain … the basins of her collarbones collected water.

Kessa ran her fingers over her stomach. Flat. But was it flat enough? Not quite. She still had some way to go. Just to be safe, she told herself. Still, it was nice the way...

But I want you to know that you’re a beautiful girl, far more beautiful than I ever was at your age, and that starving yourself to compete with all of those skinny celebrities who spend...

Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit.

Wanaume hupenda nyama kwenye mifupa.

We all get old, but I always say the skinny, pretty girls will be screwed.

Heart lesson #3: post-heartbreak survival. The heart is resilient, I mean literally. When a body is burned, the heart is the last organ to oxidize. While the rest of the body can catch flame like...

Skinny jeans were only good if you had skinny genes.

Black clothing makes me look skinnier. If I wear all black at night, and turn out the lights, I look so skinny that I disappear.

The media made the masses to find not-so-skinny women appear not-so-beautiful … in the eyes of the remote holder.

The couch was wide enough for two, but I sat in it alone. Was I obese in body—or skinny in love?

Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don’t take it off...

I had a dream about you. You gained weight, but I didn’t mind because all the extra poundage went straight to your brain. You told me the meaning of life, but I was too skinny...

For desert, maybe we can split a couple of crumbs.

In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny.

Timid salesmen have skinny kids.

I don’t know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems arbitrary.

By choosing healthy over skinny you are choosing self-love over self-judgment. You are beautiful!

Don’t hate me, but I’ve always been skinny. I got lucky.

I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you’ll stay skinny.

It’s not right to believe that the only way you’re gonna get a job and the only way you’re gonna get a man or be happy is by being so skinny.