The body says what words cannot.
—Martha Graham, 1985Quotes
Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.
—Leslie Jamison, 2014Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit has made permanent.
—Marcel Proust, 1919O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!
—William Shakespeare, c. 1596One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCYour body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.
—Marquis de Sade, 1797I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951