Animal Flesh

Famous quotes containing the words animal and/or flesh:

“Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“No skilled hands
caress a stranger’s flesh with lucid oil before
a word is spoken
no feasting
before a tale is told, before
the stranger tells his name.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)