Red Blood Cells

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

    “The remnant of Indians thereabout—all but exterminated in their recent and final war with regular white troops, a war waged by the Red Men for their native soil and natural rights—had been coerced into the occupancy of wilds not far beyond the Mississippi.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “The blood we give the dead to drink
    is deeds we do at the will of the dead spirits in us,
    not our own live will.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “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)