“When you're in the womb, you're in a sterile environment. When you enter the birth canal and the world, you're not. Very quickly, you have, living on the surface of your body, trillions of bacteria, literally trillion.” BornEnvironmentBirthSkinsNosesThroatWombLiving OnCanalsBacteria Author:Paul A. Offit
“We seldom stop to think that we are still creatures of the sea, able to leave it only because, from birth to death, we wear the water-filled space suits of our skins.” ThinkingStillsAbleWaterSpaceSeaBirthCreaturesSkinsFilledSuits Book:Voices from the Sky Source: Voices from the Sky
“As any man, I, of course, have certain preferences. Being a Scot by birth, I'm inclined to favor those with a well-scrubbed look and a hint of color in their cheeks-put there by an early walk in the chill air rather than by rouge. The smell of soap on a woman's skin or the hint of shampoo in her hair is perfume enough for me . . . Humor is important. The most beautiful woman in the world is a bore without that.” MenWorldWellsLooksImportantEnoughBeautifulCertainCoursesWalksAirColorHairBirthSkinsSmellFavorsCheeksBoresPreferencePerfumeChillBeautiful WomenSoapHintsScotsRougeShampooMost Beautiful Woman In The World Author:David Niven
“As a woman, birth control can really mess you up. Like, I switched and it completely messed me up - not completely, but I just started breaking out and as soon as I got off it, my skin was completely clear again.” ClearBirthSkinsMessBirth Control Author:Nina Agdal
“I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.” TwoFictionFantasyBirthSkinsHistoricalGenreHistorical Fiction Author:George R. R. Martin
“In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.” PersonsYoungWhiteWonderfulLandBirthRacismSkinsVoteAttributesUmpiresEighteenWhite Skin Author:Desmond Tutu
“Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.” MenWayMeanSoulSpeakUnderstandingBornColorBirthSkinsWeightEqualityToneBrotherhoodDiceBakersBorn FreeBirth PlaceSkin Tone Author:Josephine Baker
“Me, when I'm utterly exhausted by it all, when my skin breaks out, on those lonely evenings when I call my friends again and again and nobody's home, then I despise my own life - my birth, my upbringing, everything.” HomeMy OwnBreakBirthMy FriendsLonelySkinsEveningDespiseAgain And AgainExhaustedUpbringingMy Own LifeBreak OutFriends Again Book:Three plays Source: Three plays