“My body is ready.”

“My body is the intention. My body is the event. My body is the result.”

“Whatever you think or feel in your head, the body will follow. It is ready to take orders from the brain or the central nervous system.”

“My world was changing, and I was not ready for it.”

“Saying that what we call our “selves” consist only of our bodies and that reason, soul, and love arise only from the body, is like saying that what we call our body is equivalent to the food that feeds the body. It is true that my body is only made up of digested food and that my body would not exist without food, but my body is not the same as food. Food is what the body needs for life, but it is not the body itself. The same thing is true of my soul. It is true that without my body there would not be that which I call my soul, but my soul is not my body. The soul may need the body, but the body is not the soul.”

“Look at your body—
A painted puppet, a poor toy
Of jointed parts ready to collapse,
A diseased and suffering thing
With a head full of false imaginings.”

“I am not my body. My body is nothing without me.”

“I am physically, mentally and emotionally ready to enter a new phase in my life. I’m ready to grow and get better.”

“Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war.”

“Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.”