Quote by Eli Clare

“The body as home, but only if it is understood that bodies are never singular, but rather haunted, strengthened, underscored by countless other bodies.”

— Eli Clare

“The world has a body and I have none”

— Donald Revell

“The body is just the body. It has it's own structures, it's own laws. It's a thing unto itself. When it breaks down, that's…

— Tiffany Baker

A body - physical, astral, dead - might be treated as an object, might be adored and hated. So this story has emerged from…

— Malgorzata Szumowska

“My face and body are not my essence. My actions, ideas, and ideals are the stuff of me. My clone will have my face…

— Jarod Kintz

“The flesh covers the bones, and makes the spirit naked.”

— Anthony Liccione

“The possession of a body tonight seemed a very small thing-perhaps that day I had seen too many bodies which belonged to no one,…

— Graham Greene

“Being embodied in flesh that decomposes and that is inscribed with all manner of cultural values not of your choosing is also a state…

— Lara Glenum

“The throb of life is love. Without it, humans are bodies of bones clad with skin”

— Tirukkural: 80 Tiruvalluvar

“Only the body saves the soul.”

— Rowan Williams

“The awakened and knowing say: body I am entirely, and nothing else; and soul is only a word for something about the body.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or derided. People…

— Roxane Gay