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The body says what words cannot.

—Martha Graham, 1985

The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit has made permanent.

—Marcel Proust, 1919

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

—Anaïs Nin, 1935

As the saying goes, an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.

—Chinua Achebe, 1958

If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.

—Dolly Parton, 2003

All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.

—Fran Lebowitz, 1978

One’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 BC

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.

—Simone de Beauvoir, 1949

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

—Walt Whitman, 1855

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

—Kate Moss, 2009

If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.

—Samuel Beckett, 1951

Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.

—Andy Warhol, 1975

Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.

—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605