Quote by von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

“The blood: There's nothing like it, the sense of elation, the power. To think the life of a man is pouring into you. Think…

— Michael Schiefelbein

“Yes, I drank some of the ancient blood and it changed me. If I'm right...If the vellum is right, the world is dead. Everyone!…

— Ted Dekker

“there were gods who needed to be worshipped and placated, and the currency for that was blood.”

— Jo Nesbø

“When your empire grows out of soil fertilized with the blood of a people, it must sustain its power with their continued bloodshed.”

— Luvvie Ajayi

“civilization has made mankind if not more bloodthirsty, at least more vilely, more loathsomely bloodthirsty.”

— Anton Chekhov

“Blood answers blood, especially that given for the sake of others.”

— Helen C. Johannes

“Dig deep enough and you'll find the location of the most precious element offered to mankind... a flowing river of blood. Christ's blood.”

— Michael Shank

“The ancient Greeks believed that when you read aloud, it was actually the dead, borrowing your tongue, in order to speak again.”

— Ruth Ozeki

“Do not follow the ancient masters, seek what they sought.”

— Jane Hirshfield

“Well, the ancients might not have been very heroic. Most of them were probably like Mother, crouched somewhere trying to work out how to…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“When evening has come, I return to my house and go into my study. At the door I take off my clothes of the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“You are blood of my blood and you will answer to me when I command.”

— Travis Luedke