“… the heart has no tears to give,--it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.”

“And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand,
The hand that held the steel:
For only blood can wipe out blood,
And only tears can heal”

“Throw away that foolish idea of carrying aristocratic blood. For, all the drops of blood are the same in humans as in animals.”

“… my soul bleeding tears of anguish”

“Blood!… Blood!… That's a good thing! A ghost who bleeds is less dangerous!”

“There is sadness and confusion in our hearts / And the world prepares to fight / as it tears itself apart, it isn't fair”

“For ages the world has been waiting and watching; millions, with broken hearts, have hovered around the yawning abyss; but no echo has come back from the engulfing gloom —silence, oblivion, covers all. If indeed they survive; if they went away whole and victorious, they give us no signals. We wait for years, but no messages come from the far-away shore to which they have gone.”

“His folly has not fellow
Beneath the blue of day
That gives to man or woman
His heart and soul away.”

“You’re in my bones and my blood and my heart,” he said. “I’d have to tear myself open to let you go.”

“Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.”