--- title: "11 Loved Body Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Loved Body quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Loved Body sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_body_i-loved-my-body-and-did-not-want-it-to-p_705245.jpg" --- > [I loved my body and did not want it to perish; I loved my soul and did not want it to decay.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/i-loved-my-body-and-did-not-want-it-to-perish-i-loved-my-soul-and-did/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_body_i-loved-my-body-and-did-not-want-it-to-p_705245.jpg) > [What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/what-is-the-mark-of-love-for-your-neighbor-not-to-seek-what-is-for/) [Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/saint-basil-4281_benefits_what-is-the-mark-of-love-for-your-neighb_2108991.png) > [“Sex is more than an act of pleasure, it is a way of showing your appreciation and love to the loved body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baris-gencel/sex-is-more-than-an-act-of-pleasure-it-is-a-way-of-showing-your/) [Baris Gencel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baris-gencel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/baris-gencel-41880_gratitude_sex-is-more-than-an-act-of-pleasure-it-i_127711.jpg) > [It's funny because, when I was younger, my body was 'better,' but I was more insecure about it. Then, in my 30s,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-willis/it-s-funny-because-when-i-was-younger-my-body-was-better-but-i-was/) [Emma Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-willis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/emma-willis-6264_better_it-s-funny-because-when-i-was-younger-my_2364640.jpg) > [“All the barriers were gone. I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/all-the-barriers-were-gone-i-had-unwound-the-string-she-had-given-me/) [Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/daniel-keyes-3679_charlie_all-the-barriers-were-gone-i-had-unwound_477614.png) > [“Have you ever loved the body of a woman? Have you ever loved the body of a man? Do you not see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/have-you-ever-loved-the-body-of-a-woman-have-you-ever-loved-the-body/) [Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/walt-whitman-265_body_have-you-ever-loved-the-body-of-a-woman_2434248.png) > [“She loved herself, and her body’s resistance to all those poisons was the exact measure of how indestructibly young and beautiful she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-meek/she-loved-herself-and-her-body-s-resistance-to-all-those-poisons-was/) [James Meek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-meek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/james-meek-48627_young-and-beautiful_she-loved-herself-and-her-body-s-resista_725454.jpg) > [“Toshaway had been right: you had to love others more than you loved your own body, otherwise you would be destroyed, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/toshaway-had-been-right-you-had-to-love-others-more-than-you-loved/) [Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/philipp-meyer-4254_love-others_toshaway-had-been-right-you-had-to-love_1802741.png) > [“Last night, there was a moment before you got into bed. You stood, quite naked, bending forward a little - talking. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/last-night-there-was-a-moment-before-you-got-into-bed-you-stood-quite/) [Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/katherine-mansfield-1781_cold-wind_last-night-there-was-a-moment-before-you_1442040.jpg) > [“It bothered me to hear other people call her beautiful, say they loved her body. My heart would race and involuntarily my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-weeks/it-bothered-me-to-hear-other-people-call-her-beautiful-say-they-loved/) [Laurie Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/laurie-weeks-255656_queer-lit_it-bothered-me-to-hear-other-people-call_2554430.jpg) > [“It’s a wonderful body,” he’d whispered the next morning while she was still asleep. Not even the blue silk Loretta Caponi pajamas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanya-egan-gibson/it-s-a-wonderful-body-he-d-whispered-the-next-morning-while-she-was/) [Tanya Egan Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanya-egan-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/tanya-egan-gibson-46973_quote_it-s-a-wonderful-body-he-d-whispered-the_1236739.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loved-body/#itemlist", "name": "Loved Body Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I loved my body and did not want it to perish; I loved my soul and did not want it to decay. 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