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)

    “I am so tired of being a bachelor
    I could give all my heart to that Red Moll
    That had but the one eye.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it’s more dangerous to lose than to win.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “They are sworn enemies of lyric poetry.
    In prison they accompany the jailer,
    Enter cells to hear confessions.
    Their short-end comes down
    When you least expect it.”
    —Charles Simic (b. 1938)