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The enlightened man says: I am body entirely and nothing beside.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883

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

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

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

—Simone de Beauvoir, 1949

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

—Chinua Achebe, 1958

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

—Samuel Beckett, 1951

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

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

—Kate Moss, 2009

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

—Andy Warhol, 1975

It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.

—Leslie Jamison, 2014

I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.

—Elizabeth I, 1588