High Blood Pressure

Famous quotes containing the words high, blood and/or pressure:

    “We say God and the imagination are one . . .
    How high that highest candle lights the dark.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “If I’ve killed one man, I’ve killed two—
    The vampire who said he was you
    And drank my blood for a year,
    Seven years, if you want to know.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say “no.” I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.”
    —Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)