Red Blood Cells

Famous quotes containing the words red blood, red, blood and/or cells:

    “they burned Joan
    and many, and many,
    burned at the stake,
    peeling their skin off,
    boiling their good red blood,
    their hearts like eggs....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “The love that kisses with a homicide
    In robes of red generation resurrects.”
    —George Barker (b. 1913)

    “Behold that great Plotinus swim
    Buffeted by such seas;
    Bland Rhadamanthus beckons him,
    But the Golden Race looks dim,
    Salt blood blocks his eyes.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Madness is locked beneath. It goes into tissues, is swallowed by the cells. The cells go mad. Cancer is their flag. Cancer is the growth of madness denied.”
    —Norman Mailer (b. 1923)