“Blood!… Blood!… That's a good thing! A ghost who bleeds is less dangerous!”
Gaston Leroux book The Phantom of the Opera
Source: The Phantom of the Opera
“Blood is a powerful thing”
— Khaled Hosseini, book The Kite Runner
Source: The Kite Runner
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