“The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily laden with emotion that discussion can quickly turn to shouting. Blood is shed over politics, religion and the two in combination.” ShouldTwoTurnsEmotionBloodSubjectsConversationCombinationDiscussionShedPoliteAdagesShoutingPolite Conversation Author:John C. Danforth
“My father is incapable of showing much affection, or even of carrying on a conversation. I didn't want to have a relationship with him just because he's my blood relative. It would bore me.” WantFatherBloodConversationAffectionRelativeBoresIncapableCarrying OnBlood Relatives Author:Kurt Cobain
“Conversation, fastidious goddess, loves blood better than brick, and feasts most subtly on the human will.” HumansBloodConversationGoddessBricksHuman WillFastidious Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
“I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind, Am urged by your propinquity to find Your person fair, and feel a certain zest To bear your body's weight upon my breast; So subtly is the fume of life designed, To clarify the pulse and cloud the mind, And leave me once again undone, possessed. Think not for this, however, the poor treason Of my stout blood against my staggering brain, I shall remember you with love, or season My scorn with pity, - let me make it plain: I find this frenzy insufficient reason For conversation when we meet again.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsMindKindPersonsReasonBodyRememberCertainBornPoorBrainBloodBearsConversationFairsSeasonsWeightLet MeNotionCloudsYour BodyPityBreastsPossessedLeaving MeScornPulseUndoneTreasonRemember YouRemembers YouInsufficientFrenzyStaggeringZestStoutPropinquity Book:Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems Source: Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems