Truth is, most of us contain a splashing, giggling, squealing child who
knows without thinking that bare skin and water go together as wings go
with air, roots with earth, and the phoenix with incendiary sun. And
innocence belongs to us as it did to ancient Greek athletes, who never wore
clothes for their footraces or boxing matches but rather oiled themselves
until their nude bodies glistened in the sunlight.
-- Janet Lembke, Skinny Dipping
