#blood

Without thinking, I moved again, reaching out and touching the hand resting near my thigh. Call it an experiment, but I wanted to see what would happen Seth’s head whipped in my direction. “What are you doing?” “Nothing.” And nothing was what happened. Confused, I wrapped my fingers around his. “Doesn’t look like nothing,” His eyes narrowed on me. “I guess so.” Giving up on my impromptu test, I lifted my hand. “Shouldn’t you be—” Whatever I was about to say died on my lips. Incredibly fast, Seth grabbed my hand and threaded his fingers through mine. “Is this what you wanted?” he asked, ever so casually. It happened. Being so close to him this time, I could see where the markings came from. The thick veins in his hand were the first to darken, branching out before spreading up his arm. Mesmerized, I watched the inky tats cover every piece of exposed skin. Before my eyes, they shifted away from his veins, swirling around his skin. Breaking off into different designs as he—we—continued to hold hands. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#half-blood #jennifer-l-armentrout #design

I should probably start with the blood. ↗

— Robin Wasserman

#first-sentence #first-sentence

This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#country #free #gospel #land #mother

The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#blood #content #iron #our #reason

I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#blood #enjoyed #get #had #i

So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#blood #book #desperate #even #feel

The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. ↗

— Ernst Moritz Arndt

#brave #brave man #calls #himself #his

Boxing is show-business with blood. ↗

— David Belasco

#boxing

Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community. ↗

— Joe Biden

#again #american #american spirit #attack #blood

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#country #depends #every #existence #good