Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past. – Martha Beck
Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques dont match our own beliefs about how we should look. – Martha Beck
Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be. – Martha Beck
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from lifes slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone. – Martha Beck
I guess as long as people think of me for different ages, Ill trust their opinion. I remember noticing one year that Michelle Monaghan played 34 and 19, so Ive kind of clung to that as my justification that I can be Jake Gyllenhaals wife and a freshman in college in the same year. – Anna Kendrick