“There’s an awful lot of blood around that water is thicker than.”

“Nevertheless, blood is thicker than water, as anyone knows who has tasted both.”

“Bluid is thicker than water.”

“Blood is thicker than water, my mother had always said when I was growing up, a sentiment I’d often disputed. But it turned out that it didn’t matter whether she was right or wrong. They both flowed out of my cupped palms.”

“Being nearly naked around Barrons felt a lot like going to a shark convention lightly basted in blood.”

“What is happening to me happens to all fruits that grow ripe.
It is the honey in my veins that makes my blood thicker, and my soul quieter.”

“I miss journalism an awful lot.”

“It seemed like an awful lot of trouble just to be naked.”

“Made me a ripper, deliver like a river, content a little more thicker, slicker…and they said
oil and water don't mix, now they all down at the beach washing off the fish.”

“Awful things!… truly awful. The floor in our dressing room starts to run with blood… disembodied hands come out of the wall and crawl across the stage.”