Aesthete Quote by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

“Athletes, he believed, were simple, straightforward people, cruel and brutal if you like, but never petty. They knocked you down and hurt you, and…

— E.M. Forster

“When I was very ill, I watched people out running and loved their capacity for movement, their freedom within their bodies. My hope was…

— Arthur W. Frank

“But everyone’s an athlete, he said. If you have a body, you’re an athlete.”

— Phil Knight

“I'm not much of a distance runner, more of a sprinter.”

— Carrie Jones

“I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity.”

— John Green

“For as long as I can remember, I've known I would be a dancer. From the moment my mother laced a pair of tiny…

— Melody Grace

“I, however did not like to run. Or, for that matter, engage in any kind of physical exertion.”

— John Green

“I wasn't particularly worried; running is overrated anyway, and sport only makes you sweaty and smug and wears out the knees.”

— Jasper Fforde

“I had always been told my future was on the field and I could be somebody great. I had wanted that. Until I found…

— Abbi Glines

“What fun it had been, having an admirer even for that little while. No wonder people liked admirers. They seemed, in some strange way,…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“To be a runner was not to look a certain way. Running was not a sport. It was a lifestyle.”

— Lee Krinsky

“Walking is a pastime rather than an avocation.”

— Rebecca Solnit