Blood Quotes - Page 18

• The blood of a redheaded woman is three degrees cooler than the blood of a normal woman. This has been established by medical studies.

  Joe Hill

  Degrees, Three, Normal

  Joe Hill (2013). “NOS4R2”, p.364, Hachette UK

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• [Friendship] is a relationship that has no formal shape, there are no rules or obligations or bonds as in marriage or the family, it is held together by neither law nor property nor blood, there is no glue in it but mutual liking. It is therefore rare.

  Wallace Stegner

  Law, Together, Glue

  Wallace Stegner (2007). “Crossing to Safety”, p.96, Modern Library

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• Blood spurted from his nose. Okay, I couldn't help myself. I burst out laughing.

  Gena Showalter

  Laughing, Noses, Helping

  Gena Showalter (2015). “The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts”, p.287, Harlequin

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• When you’re in love, your brain secretes endorphins into your blood. Organic morphine leaks out of a gland in your skull, feels like a low-grade opium rush. Some people confuse the two, the head rush and the love. You think you’re in love with a person, but you’re in love with a syringe.

  Craig Clevenger

  Love You, Thinking, Two

  Craig Clevenger (2005). “The Contortionist's Handbook”

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• Oh diary, I love her, I love her, I love her so much. Jordana is the most amazing person I have ever met. I could eat her. I could drink her blood. She's the only person I would allow to be shrunk to microscopic size and explore me in a tiny submersible machine. She is wonderful and beautiful and sensitive and funny and sexy. She's too good for me, she's too good for anyone! All I could do was let her know. I said: "I love you more than words. And I am a big fan of words.

  Joe Dunthorne

  Beautiful, Sexy, Love You

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• Each killing steals a bit of humanity until a murderer is nothing more than an animal. A hunger replaces the spirit. A want for what was lost, but as with innocence, the soul can never be replaced. Joy, love, and peace flee such a vessel and in their stead blooms a desire for blood and death.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Animal, Joy, Humanity

  Michael J Sullivan (2013). “The Crown Tower: Book 1 of The Riyria Chronicles”, p.35, Hachette UK

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• Dear Heavenly Father, I have a friend who stands as close as a brother, a brave soul. I have seen in him the heart of a warrior... He is gallant, loyal, and true, sacrificing his esteem, forfeiting his comfort, even spilling his blood. But, what color is his soul? My friend has a desperate need, and I have seen it. How can I be his accuser, condemning the one who has gladly poured out his blood in my stead? But shall I deny my witness? There is a darkness, a gnawing void behind those eyes of steel... Will you make him a knight, dressed in holy raiment, fit to take a seat at your table?

  Bryan Davis

  Brother, Father, Eye

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• Oh, I'll trust you," the boy told him carelessly. "It hardly matters. We are all betrayed sooner or later—all betrayed, or traitors." "I see that a flair for the dramatic runs in the blood," Magnus said under his breath.

  Cassandra Clare

  Running, Boys, Betrayed

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

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• He was already looking at their relationship through the lens of the past tense. It puzzled her, the ability of romantic love to mutate, how quickly a loved one could become a stranger. Where did the love go? Perhaps real love was familial, somehow, linked to blood, since love for children did not die as romantic love did.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Children, Real, Romantic Love

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013). “Americanah”, p.314, Anchor

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• She blinked at me, then realized I was panicking. Honestly, it was like admitting to murder before being interrogated. “Ms. Davidson,” she began, but I decided to trip her up, to throw her off the trail of blood I’d left like an injured animal. “I don’t speak English.

  Darynda Jones

  Animal, Speak English, Admitting

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.475, St. Martin's Press

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• The old wanderlust had gotten into his blood, the joy of the unbound life, the joy of seeking, of hoping without limit.

  Upton Sinclair

  Joy, Limits, Unbound

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• Lord Kane beat me up,” one said with a grin. There was blood on his teeth. “Did you see?” “Best. Night. Ever.

  Gena Showalter

  Night, Teeth, Lord

  Gena Showalter (2013). “The Darkest Craving”, p.114, HQN Books

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• Girls are always saying things like, “I’m so unhappy that I’m going to overdose on aspirin,” but they’d be awfully surprised if they succeeded. They have no intention of dying. At the first sight of blood, they panic.

  Rachel Klein

  Girl, Sight, Dying

  Rachel Klein (2012). “The Moth Diaries”, Faber & Faber

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• It turns out that justices are also God’s children; and being of this world, their makeup consists of actual flesh and blood. They are no more noble or virtuous than the rest of us, and in some cases less so, as they suffer from the usual human imperfections and frailties. And the Court’s history proves it.

  Mark Levin

  Children, Makeup, Justice

  Mark R. Levin (2013). “The Liberty Amendments”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• He could hear himself screaming and he knew it was his death cry. Still he fought on, as he had fought all his life. I...will...control... The words came from his mouth, stained with his blood... I will control... Reaching out, his hands closed over the Staff on Magius. I will!

  Margaret Weis

  Hands, Mouths, Cry

  Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (2011). “War of the Twins: Legends, Volume Two”, p.464, Wizards of the Coast

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• Nine lies on his back, groaning. His chest is shredded from where Eight slashed him, he’s got a fresh black eye, and I think I notice a trickle of blood from where I struck him with his staff. Suddenly, his groans turn to laughter. “That was awesome!” Nine hollers.

  Pittacus Lore

  Laughter, Lying, Eye

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• You are covered in blood," Tybalt said again, stressing the words harder this time. "It makes me tense." There was a thud as the guard hit the floor, and Tybalt returned to my side. "Wow. You must be tense a lot." He sighed. "You have no idea.

  Mira Grant

  Stress, Ideas, Wow

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• Day appears again. This time he leans in close enough for his hair to brush, light as silk, against my cheeks. He pulls me towards for a long kiss. The scene vanishes, replaced abruptly by a stormy night and Day struggling through the rain, blood dripping from his leg and leaving a trail behind him. He collapses onto his knees in front of Razor before the whole scene disappears again.

  Marie Lu

  Rain, Struggle, Kissing

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• I'm a spy, Cam. I was born to do this- to be this. It's in my blood. And I will do it until the day I die. It's who I am... The thing is I don't think you realise is... it's who you are too.

  Ally Carter

  Thinking, Who I Am, Spy

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• I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.

  George R. R. Martin

  Dragons, Lessons, Teach

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.356, Bantam

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• She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood.

  Simone Elkeles

  Football, Born, Texan

  Simone Elkeles (2014). “Better Than Perfect: A Wild Cards Novel”, p.168, A&C Black

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• The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

  T. S. Eliot

  Ink, Purpose, Literature

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• Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson protecting them from the manticore. Percy's sword gleamed in the dark. He'd been the first demigod Nico had ever seen in action. Later at Camp Half-Blood, Percy took Nico by the arm, promising to keep his sister Bianca safe. Nico believed him. Nico looked into his sea-green eyes and though, How can he possibly fail? This is a real hero.

  Rick Riordan

  Real, Hero, Eye

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• The Overlook was still not done with him. Written on the mirror, not in lipstick but in blood, was a single word: REDRUM

  Stephen King

  Mirrors, Done, Single Word

  Stephen King (2014). “Doctor Sleep”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• My heart is ripped open, shredded, leaking blood. I can't let him leave like this. We've been through to much to turn into strangers.

  Marie Lu

  Heart, Stranger, Turns

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