“The Irish, as a race, have the oral tradition in their blood. A direct question to them is an anathema, but in other cases, a mere syllable of a hero's name will elicit whole chapters of stories.” WholeStoriesNamesRaceCasesBloodHeroTraditionDirectMereChaptersSyllablesAnathemaOral Tradition Author:P. L. Travers
“Democracy is the healthful lifeblood which circulates through the veins and arteries, which supports the system, but which ought never to appear externally, and as the mere blood itself.” SupportDemocracyBloodOughtMereVeinsArteries Book:Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Source: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“The bow of God's wrath is bent, and His arrows made ready upon the string. Justice points the arrow at your heart and strings the bow. It is nothing but the mere pleasure of God (and that of an angry God without any promise or obligation at all) that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.” HeartMadeMomentsJusticePleasureBloodReadyPromiseAngryMereObligationDrunkStringsBowsBentWrathArrows Author:Jonathan Edwards
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” WorldFallBloodWorstMerePassionateConvictionInnocenceAnarchyIntensityTidesCentreFalling ApartCeremonyFalcon Author:William Butler Yeats