“The brain is only three pounds of blood, dream, and electricity, and yet from that mortal stew come Beethoven's sonatas. Dizzie Gillespie's jazz. Audrey Hepburn's wish to spend the last month of her life in Somalia, saving children.” ChildrenDreamLastsThreeWishBrainBloodMonthsJazzSavingMortalsPoundsElectricityStewHepburnAudreySomaliaSonatas Book:A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses Source: A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses
“I did not know the woman I would be nor that blood would bloom in me each month like an exotic flower, nor that children, two monuments, would break from between my legs.” KnowsChildrenTwoWould BeBreakGrowing UpBloodFlowerMonthsAgingLegsMonumentExoticEach Month Author:Anne Sexton
“the recurrent drama of menstrual bleeding must have been unnerving to primitive peoples. In man, the shedding of blood is always associated with injury, disease, or death. Only the female half of humanity was seen to have the magical ability to bleed profusely and still rise phoenix-like each month from the gore.” MenHas BeensStillsHumanityWomenAbilityHalfBloodMonthsDramaDiseaseFemaleInjuryPrimitiveGoreBleedingPhoenixEach Month Author:Estelle Ramey
“Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.” KnowsSaidWarChoicesBloodPossibilityMonthsPoliticianCostSolutionsConsequenceProgramFolksIraqNuclearTreasureRejectsIranDiplomaticPundits Author:Barack Obama
“If diamonds are a girl's best friend, I wonder if blood diamonds are a girl's best friend 5 days out of the month?” IfsGirlWonderBloodMonthsDiamond Author:Chelsea Handler
“Birth is of course violent. Menstruation is violent. Trust me, if men's penises opened up once a month and shot blood, we'd be hearing about the violence of it.” IfsMenCoursesViolenceBloodMonthsBirthShotsHearingViolentTrust MeMenstruation Author:Lidia Yuknavitch