A woman’s beauty lies, not in any exaggeration of the specialized zone…

John Updike
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A woman’s beauty lies, not in any exaggeration of the specialized zones, nor in any general harmony that could be worked out by means of the sectio aurea or a similar aesthetic superstition; but in the arabesque of the spine. The curve by which the back modulates into the buttocks. It is here that grace sits and rides a woman’s body. ✨ Laurie G. Kirszner, John Updike (1998). A and P, Heinle & Heinle Pub
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