If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951
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The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920One’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 BCNothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910Nothing 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, 1935Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.
—Willem de Kooning, 1949And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
—Walt Whitman, 1855Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.
—W.H. Auden, c. 1967