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Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

—Walt Whitman, 1855

I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.

—Phyllis Diller, 1981

The body says what words cannot.

—Martha Graham, 1985

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

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947

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

—Dolly Parton, 2003

My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.

—W.H. Auden, c. 1967

Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.

—G.K. Chesterton, 1910

Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.

—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170

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

—Fran Lebowitz, 1978

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

—Kate Moss, 2009