--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You've got to take time for you, or your…" description: "\"“You've got to take time for you, or your internal organs get all shriveled and your skin goes saggy. I read all about it. Anyway, Trina's got some out..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/j-d-robb-662_amazing-things_you-ve-got-to-take-time-for-you-or-your_1586985.jpg" --- # You've got to take time for you, or your internal organs… ![“You've got to take time for you, or your internal organs get all shriveled and your skin goes saggy. I read all about it. Anyway, Trina's got some outrageous new body paint." "No. Absolutely. I don't do body paint." Mavis rolled her eyes. "For me, Dallas. We know you. But I think you should give…” quote by J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/j-d-robb-662_amazing-things_you-ve-got-to-take-time-for-you-or-your_1586985.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/j-d-robb-662_amazing-things_you-ve-got-to-take-time-for-you-or-your_1586985.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/j-d-robb-662_amazing-things_you-ve-got-to-take-time-for-you-or-your_1586985.jpg) > ““You've got to take time for you, or your internal organs get all shriveled and your skin goes saggy. I read all about it. Anyway, Trina's got some outrageous new body paint." "No. Absolutely. I don't do body paint." Mavis rolled her eyes. "For me, Dallas. We know you. But I think you should give it a try one of these days. I bet Roarke would really go for the Gold-Dust. It does amazing things for the boobs. Makes them sparkle." "I don't want sparkling boobs." "It's flavored, too. Frangipani." "Really?" Roarke blew out a stream of smoke. "I'm very fond of tropical flavors.”” [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A character encourages another to try a flamboyant body paint, emphasizing personal care and indulgence as a form of self‑expression. **In simple terms:** Taking time for oneself can be enjoyable and boost confidence. Key Takeaway Prioritize self‑care and fun. Themes self‑care beauty confidence personal expression Mood playful lighthearted encouraging Type advice social interaction When to use this quote - personal grooming - social interaction - gift giving - celebration - confidence building Key Concepts consumer culture body image humor Questions to Reflect On - What self‑care rituals truly nurture you? - How does appearance affect your confidence? 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I would definitely do it again because Joann Gair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronda-rousey/i-got-a-lot-of-body-paint-on-me-in-a-short-period-of-time-i-would/) [Ronda Rousey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronda-rousey/) > [When you're doing something like body paint or a nude shoot, you're making yourself very vulnerable, and you're really trusting people to really take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronda-rousey/when-you-re-doing-something-like-body-paint-or-a-nude-shoot-you-re/) [Ronda Rousey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronda-rousey/) > [In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a new body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pilates/in-10-sessions-you-ll-feel-the-difference-in-20-you-ll-see-the/) [Joseph Pilates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pilates/) > [Then you must look for a new body. That's what we call reincarnation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-chiu/then-you-must-look-for-a-new-body-that-s-what-we-call-reincarnation/) [Alex Chiu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-chiu/) > [Parts of our bodies are replace every day, every week..etc... Within a few years we have a brand new body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhonda-byrne/parts-of-our-bodies-are-replace-every-day-every-week-etc-within-a-few/) [Rhonda Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhonda-byrne/) > [My mind could keep going all day long. You give me a new body, and I could go for another 20 years out here,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karch-kiraly/my-mind-could-keep-going-all-day-long-you-give-me-a-new-body-and-i/) [Karch Kiraly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karch-kiraly/) > [See yourself living in a new body. Hopeful = recovery. Happy = happier biochemistry. Stress degrades the bod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhonda-byrne/see-yourself-living-in-a-new-body-hopeful-recovery-happy-happier/) [Rhonda Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhonda-byrne/) > [Weight loss does not make people happy. Or peaceful. Being thin does not address the emptiness that has no shape or weight or name.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geneen-roth/weight-loss-does-not-make-people-happy-or-peaceful-being-thin-does/) [Geneen Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geneen-roth/) > [“There is a picture of me in their heads, a picture of someone I don't know yet. She is not the chubby girl with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-reed/there-is-a-picture-of-me-in-their-heads-a-picture-of-someone-i-don-t/) [Amy Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-reed/) > [The changes that your body goes through during pregnancy are so radical, I've really tried to embrace and celebrate my new body, and hopefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-helen-bowers/the-changes-that-your-body-goes-through-during-pregnancy-are-so/) [Mary Helen Bowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-helen-bowers/) > [I, in my brand new body, which was not a woman's yet, told the stars my questions and thought God could really see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-sexton/i-in-my-brand-new-body-which-was-not-a-woman-s-yet-told-the-stars-my/) [Anne Sexton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-sexton/) > [I do think we should be provided with a new body about the age of thirty or so when we have learnt to attend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freya-stark/i-do-think-we-should-be-provided-with-a-new-body-about-the-age-of/) [Freya Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freya-stark/) ## More by J.D. 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Why do we love each other?” “Because we are what we are, and we’re both okay with it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/why-is-that-why-do-we-love-each-other-because-we-are-what-we-are-and/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“People, she thought, could be unbelievably stupid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/people-she-thought-could-be-unbelievably-stupid/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“Eve: “If you ended up naked and dead with another woman, I'd do the Rumba on your corpse.” Roarke: “You can't do the Rumba.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/eve-if-you-ended-up-naked-and-dead-with-another-woman-i-d-do-the/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“Santa exists in the hearts of all true believers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/santa-exists-in-the-hearts-of-all-true-believers/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“You'll stay in the surveillance vehicle and assist McNab. Any arguments from you, Detective?" she said, looking at McNab. "No. No, sir, Lieutenant." He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/you-ll-stay-in-the-surveillance-vehicle-and-assist-mcnab-any/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“Eve woke, violently aroused. It was Roarke’s hands on her. She knew their texture, their rhythm. Her heart tripped against her ribs, then bounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/eve-woke-violently-aroused-it-was-roarke-s-hands-on-her-she-knew/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“She took his mouth, gave it a nice little bite as she ground against him. "There you are," she murmured. "Well, you've left me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/she-took-his-mouth-gave-it-a-nice-little-bite-as-she-ground-against/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“He watched, somewhat fascinated as she swished a slice of bacon through the pool of syrup. His steely-minded cop had the appetite of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/he-watched-somewhat-fascinated-as-she-swished-a-slice-of-bacon/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“Eve: "Keep your mind off sex" Roake: "Why? It's so happy there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/eve-keep-your-mind-off-sex-roake-why-it-s-so-happy-there/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“How can I love you and not be afraid? You’re my life, Eve, my heart. You’re asking, you’re wondering if I ever worry, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/how-can-i-love-you-and-not-be-afraid-you-re-my-life-eve-my-heart-you/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“I will give you more pain than you can imagine. Your brains will leak out of your ears, and your bowels out of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/i-will-give-you-more-pain-than-you-can-imagine-your-brains-will-leak/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) > [“Lust dazzles, sure, at least for the short term. But love clears the vision. You see better, sharper, because you feel more than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-robb/lust-dazzles-sure-at-least-for-the-short-term-but-love-clears-the/) [J.D. Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) [Explore all 413 J.D. Robb quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-robb/) ## More Amazing things quotes > [I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-don-t-own-designer-clothes-or-a-sports-car-or-a-huge-house-but-i-am/) [Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/) > [It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/it-s-amazing-to-see-things-that-are-suggested-in-the-book-fully/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) > [We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangechi-mutu/we-became-homo-sapiens-not-that-long-ago-from-the-scientific/) [Wangechi Mutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangechi-mutu/) > [The amazing thing is that we live our lives with the hope that things will go right, that things will happen. And all along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/the-amazing-thing-is-that-we-live-our-lives-with-the-hope-that-things/) [Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/) > [I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-think-the-most-miraculous-thing-is-learning-i-get-out-of-the-way/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/and-if-the-mind-thinks-with-a-believing-attitude-one-can-do-amazing/) [Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/) > [So crazy to think that we have only known each other 2 years. its been so amazing and we have got to do so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/one-direction/so-crazy-to-think-that-we-have-only-known-each-other-2-years-its-been/) [One Direction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/one-direction/) > [When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-norville/when-you-re-true-to-who-you-are-amazing-things-happen/) [Deborah Norville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-norville/) > [I always see people tweeting about these crazy amazing things their boyfriend or girlfriend did for them. 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I'd rather focus on the amazing things happening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-degeneres/we-can-sit-and-worry-about-what-s-going-to-happen-to-us-two-weeks/) [Ellen DeGeneres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-degeneres/) > [I think Li Na and some other Chinese ladies have done so many amazing things for Asian tennis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-nishikori/i-think-li-na-and-some-other-chinese-ladies-have-done-so-many-amazing/) [Kei Nishikori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-nishikori/) > [I've had to make time to really explore all the amazing things that are out and try to understand the history of how fashion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-jackson/i-ve-had-to-make-time-to-really-explore-all-the-amazing-things-that/) [Christopher Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-jackson/) > [We thought we completely understood bubbles when we were kids. But we didn't. Bubbles are these amazing things. It's just that people aren't paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-noddy/we-thought-we-completely-understood-bubbles-when-we-were-kids-but-we/) [Tom Noddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-noddy/) > [Captaining your country, going out at Wembley, captaining Arsenal to 10 trophies, playing your first game - they're all amazing things. But, phew, saving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-adams/captaining-your-country-going-out-at-wembley-captaining-arsenal-to-10/) [Tony Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-adams/) > [There are always groups on campus that are doing amazing things. I know when I was in college, I was a student at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/there-are-always-groups-on-campus-that-are-doing-amazing-things-i/) [Opal Tometi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-tometi/) [Browse all 498 Amazing things quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazing-things/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You've got to take time for you, or your internal organs get all shriveled and your skin goes saggy. I read all about it. Anyway, Trina's got some outrageous new body paint.\" \"No. Absolutely. I don't do body paint.\" Mavis rolled her eyes. \"For me, Dallas. We know you. But I think you should give it a try one of these days. I bet Roarke would really go for the Gold-Dust. It does amazing things for the boobs. Makes them sparkle.\" \"I don't want sparkling boobs.\" \"It's flavored, too. 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