Eclectic quotations accumulating in Hell's Kitchen, NY, USA.

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"[I had to] learn the difference between emotional and physical hunger... If I wanted more [to eat] I had to write down what else I wanted to eat. Next, I figured exactly what feeling was motivating this urge. Then... I had to wait one hour. If I still wanted the extra food, I could have it. Though I rarely still wanted it, all the scrawling and overthinking about what I could be consuming felt anal and ridiculous..."
-- Susan Shapiro, Lighting Up.