“Polly Jean, I love you. I love the texture of your skin, the taste of your saliva, the softness of your ears. I love every inch and every part of your entire body. From your toes and the beautifully curved arches of your feet, to the exceptional shade and warmth of your dark hair. I need you in my life, I hope you need me too.” NeedsBodyDarkFeetLove YouHairTasteSkinsEarsWarmthShadeInchesToesExceptionalNeed YouTextureSoftnessArchesI Need YouDark HairSaliva Author:Nick Cave
“If you look at me close enough, there's a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don't know if it's my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there.” IfsKnowsLooksEnoughHairSkinsChickensLook At MeTextureResemblanceNuggetsChicken NuggetsResemblance Is Author:Kevin Hart
“The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at least, I am told they were) is that he had no sense of touch whatsoever. Nothing made any impression on his skin. He could feel neither the shape nor the texture of a poem with his hands.” FeelsMadeIdeasReasonFeelingsHandsDoubtFailingPoetShapesSkinsImpressionReason WhyNo DoubtTextureMatthew Book:Ser. Milton and the Augustan Age Source: Ser. Milton and the Augustan Age
“Race is a lie built on a lie. The first lie is that people are different, somehow skin color or hair texture is more significant than eye color, or the shape of one's feet. The second lie built on top of that is that there's a hierarchy that more significant difference, the color showing up as brown on your skin rather than brown in your hair, or whatever, is somehow more significant and there's some sort of hierarchy. That the lighter you are, the straighter your hair, the better you are.” PeopleFirstsDifferentEyeLyingDifferencesRaceFeetColorHairShapesBuiltSkinsSignificantBrownHierarchyTextureLightersShowing UpSkin ColorEye Color Author:Benjamin Jealous
“I'm the type of individual that I enjoy watching any different cultural lives, and I see the common humanity even though the hair textures are different or the skin tones are varied.” DifferentHumanityIndividualEnjoyCommonHairTypeSkinsToneTextureCommon HumanitySkin Tone Author:Angela Bassett
“Feminine spirituality is much more about the emanation of love in this moment, feeling into this moment, feeling the texture of this moment through the skin, through the body, and then letting your life become an emanation of love.” MomentsFeelingsBodySpiritualitySkinsFeminineTexture Author:Arjuna Ardagh
“Here's an easy one: "Race is an entirely social construct." No, it's partially one, depending on how any given society seeks to define it and its implications. But there are basic things such as skin color and hair texture. Even a Martian who'd had no exposure to human "social constructs" would be able to spot those differences. But no Martian, as hard as he tried, could point at a "culture" or to "equality." Those are the social constructs. Those can't be measured in the same way as human DNA.” WayHumansHardWould BeAbleCultureGivenSocialEasyDifferencesRaceColorHairSkinsSpotsConstructsDnaExposureImplicationsTextureSkin ColorMartiansBasic Things Author:Jim Goad
“Or perhaps is is that time doesn't heal wounds at all, perhaps that is the biggest lie of them all, and instead what happens is that each wound penetrates the body deeper and deeper until one day you find that the sheer geography of your bones - the angle of your hips, the sharpness of your shoulders, as well as the luster of your eyes, the texture of your skin, the openness of your smile - has collapsed under the weight of your griefs.” WellsBodyHappensEyeLyingGriefOne DaySkinsWeightDeeperBonesWoundsShouldersHealHipsOpennessSheerAnglePenetrateGeographyTextureYour SmileSharpnessLuster Author:Thrity Umrigar
“Haldir had gone on and was now climbing to the high flet. As Frodo prepared to follow him, he laid his hand upon the tree beside the ladder: never before had he been so suddenly and so keenly aware of the feel and texture of a tree's skin and of the life within it. He felt a delight in wood and the touch of it, neither as forester nor as carpenter; it was the delight of the living tree itself.” FeelsHandsFeltGoneTreeSkinsPreparedDelightWoodsClimbingLaddersTextureCarpenterFrodo Book:The Lord of the Rings: One Volume Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume