“Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being.”
Source: No Name in the Street
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(1924-1987) writer from the United States 1924–1987Related quotes
“One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.”
Writing for the Theatre (1962)
Source: Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics
Context: The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its true place. When true silence falls we are left with echo but are nearer nakedness. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. (14)
Random Thoughts http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2007/05/01/random_thoughts, May 01, 2007
2000s
“…there is no nakedness that compares to being naked in front of someone for the first time.”
Source: A Widow for One Year
"Cover Me"
Song lyrics, Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
“History can never be covered up. AZ Quotes”
As quoted in [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/04/23/china-org China.org in New Yorker (23 April, 2001).
