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title: "4 Body Simple Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Body Simple quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Body Simple sayings and thoughts."
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> [the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marge-piercy/the-body-is-simple-as-a-turtle-and-straight-as-a-dog-the-body-cannot/)

[Marge Piercy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marge-piercy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/marge-piercy-2610_body_the-body-is-simple-as-a-turtle-and-strai_218247.png)

> [“He imprisoned the rest of her body by the simple expediency of lying down on top of her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-harrison/he-imprisoned-the-rest-of-her-body-by-the-simple-expediency-of-lying/)

[Thea Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-harrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/thea-harrison-1089_imprisoned_he-imprisoned-the-rest-of-her-body-by-th_230936.jpg)

> [I like to be alone. I am focused on what I am doing. I feel the nature and I feel my body.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ueli-steck/i-like-to-be-alone-i-am-focused-on-what-i-am-doing-i-feel-the-nature/)

[Ueli Steck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ueli-steck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/ueli-steck-18066_focused_i-like-to-be-alone-i-am-focused-on-what_1239750.jpg)

> [“Of all the various peoples of this world, none leaves the human body in the simple state of nature in which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-delange/of-all-the-various-peoples-of-this-world-none-leaves-the-human-body/)

[Jacqueline Delange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-delange/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/jacqueline-delange-245005_human-body_of-all-the-various-peoples-of-this-world_2946553.jpg)

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