[...] wish I were out of doors! I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free; and laughing at injuries, not maddening under them! Why am I so changed? why does my blood rush into a hell of tumult at a few words?
Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights
Der Ausgehkörper ist das Gegenteil des Fussballkörpers.
Kim de l'Horizon: Blutbuch
Ihren Körper hat Mia nie geachtet oder gar geliebt. Der Köper ist eine Maschine, ein Fortbewegungs-, Nahrungsaufnahme- und Kommunikationsapparat, dessen Aufgabe vor allem im reibungslosen Funktionieren besteht.
Juli Zeh: Corpus Delicti
In private, Hyacinth came up with an acronym for them: SWAMPers. This meant that as a bare minimum they found it necessary to Shave, Wash, Anoint, Make-up and Perfume all parts of their body at least once a day.
Neal Stephenson: The Big U
There was no helping it. To a child, nothing seemed more stupid in adults than their inability to come to grips with the fact that people grew.
Neal Stephenson: The Confusion
