QUOTES 8/14/2016

“I love nude hiking.  I have done it off and on for most of my life. . . I started hiking on the AT and doing back country hikes when I was around 18.  I often hiked nude with a pair of shorts in my hand I can slip into if I heard others approaching in time.  I now hike about once a week or so in the Mountains of Western NC and Eastern TN nude.  I have a great group of friends I hike with and that group is growing.” – Richardetnp, http://www.truenudists.com/groups/view.php?action=viewthread&id=132&idt=99690&page=last

“Our bodies are natural.  They are normal.  They mostly come in two basic models, with unlimited variations on size, shape, color, etc.” - http://outgoingnudist.tumblr.com/post/120929210417/nudistworld3-our-bodies-are-natural-they-are

“Humans invented clothes - at first simple animal skins, to protect them from the environment (cold mostly).  Then, as we got better at making clothes and invented weaving etc, we became able to make clothes better fitting and began to make them more elaborate and ornate.  Soon, clothes became a symbol of status - the more powerful you were the more able you were to have better clothes made for you.  If having very good clothes was a symbol of status or honour, then wearing no clothes became a symbol of poverty and shame.” - Paul King, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7915369.stm

“Sometimes all I need, Is the warm feel of the Sun, On my naked skin.” - http://nakeddaydreamer.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/sacred-nudity-haikus.html

“I think some people see being naked as empowering.  The person who is naked has removed the physical barrier (clothes) between what people see about them and think about them.  The person who is naked is implicitly saying ‘This is me.  See me — all of me — and love me — all of me — for who I am.’” - https://timothyach.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/sex-nudity-and-empowerment/