“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”— Marcel Poust, amazon.com
“My imagination gave me a dual life: I lived in my body, and at the same time lived a life no one could see.”— Andre Dubus, amazon.com
“I considered suicide, but I felt a strange fondness for my body, my life. Scarred as they were, they were mine.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“The body and mind always want to explore a frontier. It cost me nothing to explore.”— James Altucher, thoughtcatalog.com
“I want you to know that it is not always easy to love me. That sometimes my chest is a field full of landmines, and where you went last night, you can’t go tomorrow. There is no manual, there is no road map, no help line you can call; my body does not come with instructions, and sometimes even I don…”— Ivan E. Coyote, youtube.com
“Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“How I regret not opening my mouth, the down-lit cast of my glance where I studied that quality, sun- runner, gold bodied, how could I answer you with all this earth piled on my tongue, your limbs just stripped of anger, how could I say, yes, there is something on my mind rushing up as river in a loc…”— Kenzie Allen, narrativemagazine.com
“My thought at the collarbone: how the skin carries its light. One breathable membrane, an onion nerve filled and luminous. One half a current-ridden circuit, one hollow for these shoulders, curled spine. Wrists undamaged and strong ankles, free of any hurt.”— Kenzie Allen, narrativemagazine.com
“What will be first to emerge? The brain, pushing its murderous bulb through the mud? The heart? No— the heart is last to rise. The first to emerge is the image.”— Jenny George, narrativemagazine.com
“THEY SAY it is the soul that rises, not the body. But the body does rise—”— Jenny George, narrativemagazine.com
“Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn't like, but I've stopped complaining about mine because I don't want to critique nature's handiwork.”— Alfre Woodard, oprah.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
“Crossing your arms. Instead, try keeping your posture loose and relaxed, or make sure you're always holding a drink to keep your body language open.”— Toria Sheffield, bustle.com
“I am the gardener who has nurtured my body and soul with essential nutrients and a healthy lifestyle.”— Phylameana Lila Desy, healing.about.com
“There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy.”— Arthur Conan Doyle, amazon.com