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“There's only so much evidence a small Jack Russell can dispose of.”
“Our people... blood is the only language we speak. I'm all out of words.”
“Death was here. The showdown wouldn't occur with the darkness of Halloween. It had come at dawn, and it bathed them in blood.”
“There was no arguing with blood.”
“Brick and blood built Astapor, and brick and blood her people.”
“I was tainted. With her blood. Their blood. And the disease of my despair. There was no cleansing something so tainted. This was who I was now.This was War.”
“I'm the old type setter who gets his blood poisoned from the ink.”
“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.”
“N O T H I N GI would like to write one of those sophisticated stories in which even though nothing much happens theres lots to write about. That cant be done in Kashmir. Its not sophisticated, what...”
“My healthy blood was powerless to cure the sick blood of my beloved. That was beyond understanding. And so is death.”
“In the last photograph of her, the bullet wound looked like a cheerful summer rose arranged just above her left ear. A few petals had fallen on her kaffan, the white shroud she was wrapped in befor...”
“We are inheritors of progress, of a technological rebirth that had only ever been imagined before now. We dont talk about it, but at some point, it became clear to me: I am the child of a bookless ...”
“Blood, sweat, and tea, sister! That's what it takes to achieve all great and terrible things.”
“It is an interesting truth that the human body, liberated from its head, is in essence a bag of blood with a built-in straw.”
“Is that true? The Boss asked Mace. Without even batting an eye, Mace said, Yes.And you agreed? The Boss questioned. Of course. Anything for my queen, he said, holding his glass up to me in a mock t...”
“What are you?' She asked. He shot her a brief glance and looked away. He stared at the scenery of the pastures and distant rows of trees. She knew he was not going to answer the question. In the br...”
“Cecilia had unleashed her blood in the bath, Amy Schraff said, because the ancient Romans had done that when life became unbearable.”
“Cody probably wasnt in danger either, but he wasnt willing to risk it when these might also be good guys that he might need later to help him sneak into some forgotten city win himself an empire at...”
“Don't be superior. Everyone drinks blood. Blood is a word that means alive. You can do without almost anything: arms, legs, teeth, hope. But you can't do without blood. Lose even a little and you g...”
“Love isn't a stock option, it's a donation. Like blood, you don't ask for it back. Just love. That is the return, knowing that you loved.”
