Blood

Blood

Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.

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Famous quotes containing the word blood:

    “Fit gravefellows you are for Lincoln, Brown
    And Douglass and Toussaint. . . all whose rapt eyes
    Fashioned a new world in this wilderness.
    American earth is richer for your bones;
    Our hearts beat prouder for the blood we inherit.”
    —Dudley Randall (b. 1914)

    “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Mark 14:24.

    “The blood blooms clean

    In you, ruby.
    The pain
    You wake to is not yours.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)