„I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.“

— Ptolemy

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„Nelly, I am Heathcliff - he's always, always in my mind - not as a pleasure, any more then I am always a pleasure to myself - but, as my own being.“
— Emily Brontë
„I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.“
— Anaïs Nin
„When I consider others I can easily believe that their bodies express their personalities and that the two are inseparable. But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I, that I inhabit it like a house, and that my face is a mask which, with or without my consent, conceals my real nature from others.“
— W. H. Auden
„I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the accomplishment of my will.“
— Margaret Atwood
„I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am. Solitude is indispensible for my dialogue with nature.“
— Caspar David Friedrich