#bleeding

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#funny #humor #opera #stabbed #funny

I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find acting is a form of illumination. ↗

— Rebecca De Mornay

#because #bleeding #ever #find #form

Love a man who'll bleed to make a point. (Candy) ↗

— Richard Kadrey

#men #love

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank. ↗

— Richard Branson

#bleeding #blood #competition #getting #into

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#bleeding #bleeds #death #health #heart

special thanks to Martha Sharpe and everyone at Anansi; to Mandy Barber, for the use of her stunning visual art; to Karen Mac Cormack, for her advice during the early stages of this project; and to David Bromige (weaver of radhats), for his enthusiasm which encouraged me to develop this piece into a book-length poem. ↗

— Darren Wershler-Henry

#cycle-of-defeat #gram-parsons #metalhead #parasite #punishment

It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#good #like #looks #minimalist #much

Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, that's what we're needing! We've needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine o'clock. ↗

— Kurt Tucholsky

#audience #bleeding #centuries #clock #cries

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door. ↗

— Ian Hart

#bleeding #doing #door #get #hate