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The body says what words cannot.

—Martha Graham, 1985

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

—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

—Oscar Wilde, 1890

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

—Leslie Jamison, 2014

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

—Kate Moss, 2009

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

—Anaïs Nin, 1935

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

—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947

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

—Marcel Proust, 1919

O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!

—William Shakespeare, c. 1596

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

Your body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.

—Marquis de Sade, 1797

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

—Phyllis Diller, 1981

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

—Samuel Beckett, 1951