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)

    “Only, here and there, an old sailor,
    Drunk and asleep in his boots,
    Catches tigers
    In red weather.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “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)