“No nation has the right to bring about a revolution, even though such a change may be most urgently needed, if the price is the blood of one single innocent individual.” IfsMayWarIndividualNationsBloodRevolutionNeededInnocent Author:Madame de Stael
“In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.” MomentsBodyBloodMomBirthNeededMy MomComplicatedDuesThat MomentHivDeliveryTeresaOlder SisterBlood Transfusion Author:Ryan Lewis
“Seeing what was needed in the hospital firsthand - someone needs to come in and just be with patients, without trying to take their blood or change the bedpan, and to give them human-to-human touch.” NeedsGivingTryingHumansSeeingBloodNeededPatientHospitals Author:Colleen Saidman
“[Economy] is flat on the floor, and the paramedics have arrived. And they shouldn't argue about whether they put the resuscitation equipment a quarter of an inch this way or a quarter of an inch this way, or they shouldn't start criticizing the patient, because he didn't have a blood pressure test or something like that. They should do what's needed right now.” WayShouldEconomyBloodNeededRight NowTestsPressurePatientArguingFlatsCriticizeQuartersInchesEquipmentBlood PressureParamedicsResuscitation Author:Warren Buffett
“There was something I needed to say. “Sorry. About before.” Fang shot a sideways glance at me, his eyes dark and inscrutable, as always. He looked back out at the water. I didn’t expect any more acknowledgment than that. Fang never- “You almost gave me a heart attack,” he said quietly. “When I saw you, and all that blood . . .” He threw a small rock as hard as he could down the beach. “I’m sorry.” “Don’t do it again,” he said. I swallowed hard. “I won’t.” Something changed right then, but I didn’t know what.” KnowsHeartSaidHardEyeWaterDarkSawsBloodRocksChangedNeededShotsSorryBeachHis EyesI'm SorryGlancesFangsHeart AttackSidewaysAcknowledgmentInscrutableSaying Sorry Author:James Patterson
“They wanted the real mother, the blood mother, the great womb, mother of fierce compassion, a woman large enough to hold all the pain, to carry it away. What we needed was someone who bled...mother's big enough, wide enough for us to hide in...mother's who would breathe for us when we could not breathe anymore, who would fight for us, who would kill for us, die for us.” RealEnoughBigsWantedPainMotherDiesFightingCompassionBloodNeededWideBreatheFierceWomb Author:Janet Fitch
“Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.” PeopleLevelsBloodNeededLustLunchSugarBlood SugarCriminology Book:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul