Pure Blood

Famous quotes containing the words pure and/or blood:

    “The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.”
    —Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)

    “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)