“There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. (67)”

“The body is literally manufactured and sustained by mind.”

“Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle”

“Just like any woman,… we weave our stories out of our bodies. Some of us through our children, or our art; some do it just by living. It's all the same.”

“this will become the size of blood cells and we will be able to put intelligence inside of our bodies and brains to keep ourselves healthier.”

“To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”

“A hurt body and mind aren't just like a dictatorship; they are a dictatorship. There is no tyrant as merciless as pain, no despot so cruel as confusion.”

“The great danger... not content with our real knowledge of the relation of the finite to the infinite, they slur over our vast ignorance by the help of the imagination. Myth supplies the place of true knowledge where we are ignorant of the connection between finite and infinite. Hence... most concrete systems of religion present us with a certain amount of knowledge but a great deal of myth.”

“Do you know what pain is, Cammie? It’s the
body’s physical response to imminent harm.
It is the mind’s way of telling us to move our
hand off the stove or let go of the broken
glass.”

“Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.”