“What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood.” MeanEnoughArtistBlackAnswersBloodGrandmotherBlack WomenGreat Grandmother Book:Everyday Use Source: Everyday Use
“You couldn't pretend you had lost nothing... you had to begin there, not let your blood freeze over. If your heart turned away at this, it would turn away at something greater, then more and more until your heart stayed averted, immobile, your imagination redistributed away from the world and back only toward the bad maps of yourself, the sour pools of your own pulse, your own tiny, mean, and pointless wants.” IfsWorldWantHeartMeanTurnsLostImaginationGreaterBloodTinyMapsPoolPulsePointlessFreezeSour Book:Birds of America: Stories Source: Birds of America: Stories
“Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither I slipped in blood, which is an evil omen; and I heard, I am sure I heard in the air a beating of wings, a beating of giant wings. I cannot tell what they mean .... I am sad to-night. Therefore dance for me. Dance for me, Salomé, I beseech you. If you dance for me you may ask of me what you will, and I will give it you, even unto the half of my kingdom.” IfsGivingMayMeanNightEvilAsksHalfHeardAirBloodPrayingWingsLustPassingKingdomsPassingsTheeGiantsI PrayOmen Book:The Plays of Oscar Wilde Source: The Plays of Oscar Wilde
“Being In Love Means hard questions. Will I? Won't I? Should I? Could I? Yes? No? You? Me? There is no me without you. Is there a you without me? And if were truly one. how will I breathe when circomstance pries us apart? You are my oxygen. my substance, the blood inside my veins. When we touch, you are my skin. hold all my joy inside of you. When you go, I wither.” IfsShouldMeanHardJoyBloodSkinsBreatheSubstanceShould IVeinsOxygenBeing In LoveWithout YouLove MeansHard Questions Author:Ellen Hopkins
“You are healed." Allegra nodded. "You are no longer a Silver Blood." She paused. "But you are no longer a vampire either." Bliss started. No longer a vampire-but what did that mean? Did it mean she was just human?” HumansMeanBloodVampireBlissSilverHealed Author:Melissa de la Cruz