“where does it derive its strength?
is it the blood soaked soil?
or the fear stained heart?”
Source: The Abattoir of Silence
“Good God! how should the mitral valves prevent the regurgitation of air and not of blood?”
Source: On The Motion Of The Heart And Blood In Animals
“I do not know…who turned me, your Grace.”
His downcast gaze said it all: How terribly sad.
For she had known all her life as a Vampire it was most…disgraceful to never know the one who turned you; that was where a Vampire could find a sense of great peace amidst the life that was the constant need for blood. She had only passed by these remarks, this cloud on her person for being ‘Princess of the Vampires,’ Dracula’s special child…”
Source: The Two Swords
“The 19th century had chosen only to remember the happy warrior. The 20th century only the blood come gargling. Both are essential to any understanding of Trafalgar.”
Source: Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar
“Dialogues must appear as natural as if coming from effortless writing. It must not sweat. Your beloved readers must not sweat. But here am I, literally sweating, because my characters are literally talking dirty in a steamy sweaty and bloody scene.”
Source: How to Make a Book
“Not everyone who leaves you owes you an explanation. Sometimes they just go, without warning, without reason, and it messes with your head. You keep replaying everything, trying to find what went wrong, hoping for closure that never comes. But even if they told you why, it wouldn’t make it hurt any less. The truth is, they left, and that’s all you need to accept. Stop searching for answers in people who have already moved on.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Take your hands off my sentences, asshole. I sweat blood for that shit.”
Source: Graveyard Love
“Whether this blood was daemon, human, or something else, it was still only blood, and blood was only the ink of life.”
Source: Of the Essence
“There is power in a King's blood.”
Source: A Dance with Dragons
“I feel your blood
raging in my veins”
Source: Spider Hangs Too Far From the Ground