Clergyman's

“It is easy to see how quickly expectations become layered, competitive and conflicting. This is how the shame web works. We have very few realistic options that allow us to meet any of these expectations. Most of the options that we do have feel like a “double bind.” When Marilyn Frye describes a double bind as “a situation in which options are very limited and all of them expose us to penalty, censure or deprivation.”
— Brené Brown

“I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight.”
– Carre Otis

“I tried, I really tried, to stick with it. I planned to grow old with this man and possibly die in his arms.”
— Brenda Perlin