“I heard the bells from the future churches, the children playing and laughing in the schoolyards [...] and here was an almond tree in bloom before me: I must reach out and cut a flowering branch. For, by believing passionately in something which still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired, whatever we have not irrigated with our blood to such a degree that it becomes strong enough to stride across the somber threshold of nonexistence.” BelieveChildrenDoeStillsEnoughStrongChurchLaughingCuttingHeardTreeBloodDegreesBranchesReach OutBellsStrong EnoughThresholdStrideFloweringChildren PlayingSomberAlmonds Author:Nikos Kazantzakis
“I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.” ChildrenWarEyeLaughingSawsBloodGloryShakesCheeksMudCrackedGlee Book:Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)
“I couldn't go over there, man. Once I saw the blood. I'm not good with blood. .. It choked me up for a minute. We were laughing and giggling one minute, the next minute, a man's down on the ground, both of them.” MenNextLaughingSawsBloodMinutesOne Minute Author:Cliff Floyd
“When we hear jokes against women, and we are asked why we don't laugh at them, the answer is easy, simple, and short. Of course we're not laughing . . . . Nobody laughs at the sight of their own blood.” CoursesEasySimpleAnswersLaughingBloodJokesSight Author:Naomi Weisstein
“If you make people laugh too much, their blood becomes - I believe it is acidic as opposed to alkaline. It changes the oxygen level in the blood, and people are likelier to pass out at that point.” PeopleIfsBelieveI BelieveLevelsLaughingToo MuchBloodOxygenMaking People Laugh Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Here's a tip for all you aspiring young comics: Don't beat up the customers. It is very difficult to get laughs from an audience when you've actually drawn blood from one of their number. It kills the mood.” YoungDifficultNumbersAudienceLaughingBloodBeatsCustomersMood Author:Craig Ferguson
“When Jesus says, 'Take, eat. This is my body that was broken for you,' He says, I want my body in you. (Pause. . . shouts and claps) I want my blood in you. And every time you celebrate this rite, it is a reminder that you belong to me, and I belong to you. And he said, 'I will drink no more wine until I drink it new with you and the kingdom of God. Communion is the most romantic ordinance. Eh, Eh, Eh. (He laughs. Pause. . . the audience shouts and claps.) It is the most romantic ordinance between two lovers.” WantSaidTwoBodyJesusAudienceLaughingBloodBrokenLoversDrinkWineKingdomsCelebrateCommunionPausesRemindersKingdom Of GodRiteOrdinancesMost RomanticTwo Lovers Author:T. D. Jakes
“since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry --the best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids' flutter which says we are for eachother: then laugh, leaning back in my arms for life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis” ThinkingWorldFirstsFeelingsPayAttentionBrainLaughingFateBloodCryFlowerArmsFoolKissingSpringGesturesSwearParagraphEyelidsSyntaxParenthesesLeaning Back Author:e. e. cummings