Pure Blood

Famous quotes containing the words pure and/or blood:

    “The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Blackberries
    Big as the ball of my thumb, and dumb as eyes
    Ebon in the hedges, fat
    With blue-red juices. These they squander on my fingers.
    I had not asked for such a blood sisterhood; they must love me.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)