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"The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation."

"I sink down into my body as into a swamp, fenland, where only I know the footing. I'm a cloud, congealed around a central object, the shape of a pear, which is hard and more real than I am and glows red within its translucent wrapping. Inside it is a space, huge as the sky at night and dark and curved like that, though black-red rather than black."

"The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind."

"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

"The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding."

"The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body."

"Treat your body good, because your body is your boat, it is your horse, it is your car, your wings, your every possible vehicle to take you to every possible place!"
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"Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I'm scared. There's some stuff I don't know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They'll read it."


"Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies."


"We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know."


"Sex is... perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual?"


"They are uncomfortable talking about sex because they don't want people to think they know about it."
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