Lapham’s Quarterly

There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.

My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.

Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.

If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.

Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.

Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.

It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.

To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.