"And then his body: there are such chairs in women's bedrooms, upholstered in pink satin, full of warm folds and dimples, alive -- you'd almost think they're ready to replace their mistresses. Doctor Voycheck twisted his red horns till they were even sharper and the familiar smile crept to his ears. But a moment later he was serious. Bending down, he laid his ear to the pink satin-covered body and felt the stomach.
'Hm-m... Now, why didn't you say a word about it till now?'
'Well, I somehow... People have told me I was gaining weight. What is it?'
'What! We'll have to cut you up.'
Dimples; frightened babes with thumbs in their mouths."
"The Miracle of Ash Wednesday," The Dragon: Fifteen Stories, Yevgeny Zamyatin