“Hate is like a swordfish, working through water invisibly and then you see it coming with blood along its blade, but transparency disarms it.” HateWaterBloodBladesTransparency Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“The moral ambivalence of the great mother goddesses has been conveniently forgotten by those American feminists who have resurrected them. We cannot grasp nature's bare blade without shedding our own blood.” Has BeensMotherMoralBloodForgottenFeministGoddessBladesAmbivalenceGreat Mother Book:Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism Source: Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
“In order to make a great, epic movie, you have to have the four Bs - babes, bullets, blood and blades.” OrderFourBloodBulletsEpicBladesBabe Author:Danny Trejo
“She poured the water, arranged some bread near enough the embers to scorch but not catch fire, and looked up at Little John. She was so accustomed to his step, to his bulk, that it took a moment to notice his face; and when she did . . . It was, she thought, rather like the moment it took to realize one had cut one's finger as one stared dumbly at the first drop of blood on the knife-blade. You know it is going to hurt quite a lot in a minute.” KnowsFirstsLittlesEnoughMomentsFacesWaterRealizingHurtStepsFireCuttingBloodMinutesFingersBreadKnivesAccustomedBladesEmbers Author:Robin McKinley
“Then I place the blade next to the skine on my palm. A tingle arced across my scalp. The flood tipped up at me and my body spiraled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking down, waiting to see what would happen next. What happened next was thet a perfect, straight line of blood bloomed from under the blade.The line grow into a long, Fat bubbel, A lush crimson bubbel that got bigger and bigger. I watch from above, waiting to see how big it would get before it burst. when it did, I felt awesome. Satisfied, finally. Then exhausted.” LongBodyBigsHappensNextGrowsFeltWaitingLinesPerfectWatchesHappenedBloodBiggerSatisfiedFatsFloodExhaustedPalmsBladesCeilingsStraight LinesLooking DownCrimsonLush Author:Patricia McCormick