“And there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along.”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“You would think there's a natural limit to tears: only so much the body can give at one sitting before it runs dry.”— Janice Galloway, amazon.com
“i am so lonely and feel defective like no one would ever date me or marry me and my whole career has been people getting engaged everyone talking about boyfriends and being normal and things, and it made me feel depressed and awful all of the time!”— Cat Marnell, xojane.com
“Say 'thank you' to your body. No one has a perfect body—but we guarantee that your body does amazing things every day. Practice your favorite activity—whether it's running, yoga, or rock climbing—to remind yourself of the incredible things your body can do.”— Bianca Mendez, womenshealthmag.com
“Stop comparing. Yes, your friend may have arms like Arnold Schwarzenegger or a stomach like Jennifer Aniston, but you are not your friend and this is not a competition.”— Real Buzz, realbuzz.com
“I spent the morning biting my fingernails down to jagged stumps. Why has no one contacted me about starting a lifestyle blog?”— Anna Kendrick, twitter.com
“Accept that you won’t love EVERY body part. You can accept yourself and be yourself, and still dislike certain parts of your body and personality.”— Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen, theadventurouswriter.com
“We see the perfectly air-brushed impossible bodies in women’s magazines, but we don’t see REAL women. This is a major tip for increasing your body confidence: look at normal women and remember that we all have flaws.”— Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen, theadventurouswriter.com
“Here I am, a bundle of past recollections and future dreams, knotted up in a reasonably attractive bundle of flesh.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“His body fits with mine as if they were made in the same body-shop to do just that.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“Your body is awesome. Curvy, big boobs, small ones, thin, athletic, voluptuous, J-Lo booty or no booty at all — what you got is workin’ for YOU. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.”— Lindsay Tigar, yourtango.com
“My body is finely tuned, like a microchip, and the flu is like a grain of sand. It could literally shut down the entire system.”— Chris Traeger, amazon.com
“Young guys, they’re afraid of women. They’re afraid of their feelings. ‘My girlfriend’s mad at me!’ Well, later she won’t be, fucking calm down. They’re afraid of their bodies, they’re afraid of women’s bodies. ‘My girlfriend’s having her period, what do I do?’ Fuck her in the period hole, you idiot…”— Louis CK, thoughtcatalog.com
“The last time you touch her will feel remarkably like the first. She will be drunk and smiling and full of love for you when she steps out of her dress. You will forget she is leaving because you can still hold her face in your hands. You will forget she is leaving because her lips are soft and wet…”— Joaquin Fernandez, thoughtcatalog.com
“How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves.”— Karen Quan, amazon.com
“If we are creating ourselves all the time, then it is never too late to begin creating the bodies we want instead of the ones we mistakenly assume we are stuck with.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.ca