Line #7 Quotes/ThePowerOfBlood


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2	[[AC:Film]]
3	->''"The blood is the life."''
4	-->-- '''Count Dracula''' misquoting and [[MisaimedFandom missing the point of]] Genesis 9:4 in ''Film/{{Dracula 1931}}''
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6	->''"Blood is life! Blood is life!"''
7	-->-- '''Knock''', ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''
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9	->'''Julia Cotton''': What do you want me to do?\
10	'''Frank Cotton''': The blood brought me back this far. I need more. You have to heal me.
11	-->-- ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}''
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13	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
14	->'''Xander:''' Why ''blood''? Why Dawn's blood? I mean, why couldn't it be, like, a lymph ritual?\
15	'''Spike:''' 'Cause it's always gotta be blood.\
16	'''Xander:''' We're not actually discussing dinner right now -\
17	'''Spike:''' Blood is life, lackbrain. Why do you think we eat it? It's what keeps you going, makes you warm, makes you hard, makes you other than dead. 'Course it's her blood.
18	-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
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20	[[AC:Literature]]
21	->''"Only flesh with its soul - its blood - you must not eat."''
22	-->-- '''{{God}}, [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Genesis 9:4]]'''
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24	->Blood is special. The blood coursing through your veins, around every crumb of your body, defines locus points in space and time that bracket your human experience. In other words, blood provides a map that directs [[EldritchAbomination the Eidolons]] to our very limited level of existence. It enables them to focus on us. To see us. That's why every negotiation begins with [[BloodMagic a token]]. We capture their attention with a combination of blood and [[BlackSpeech Enochian]]. After that, well, [[DealWithTheDevil every interaction with the Eidolons is a transaction]]. Every deed, no matter how small, carries a blood price. We barter for the lowest possible price. Once that's established, we carry out payment and the Eidolon wills the deed into existence. [[RealityWarper Its volition shapes reality]].
25	-->-- '''Will,''' ''Literature/BitterSeeds''
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27	->''"Sacrifice is always important. The codices show [Aztec] noblemen and-women piercing their tongues, lips, and genitals. Drawing blood with bits of bone and maguey thorns, because we offer ourselves to the universe and to others. We can only pay our debts with blood. The ultimate gift is always blood."''
28	-->-- '''[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Atl]]''', ''Literature/CertainDarkThings''
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30	->I hoped it was enough blood for this...whatever it was. Magic? Was magic as primitive as trading blood and pain for hope?
31	-->-- ''Literature/AHouseWithGoodBones''
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33	[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
34	->Success is measured in blood - yours or the enemy's.
35	-->-- '''Imperial Proverb''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''
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37	[[AC:Video Games]]
38	->''"We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood.''\
39	''Our eyes are yet to open.''\
40	''Fear the Old Blood."''
41	-->-- The adage of '''Master Willem''', ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''
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43	->'''Vergil''': Why not? After all we share the same blood. I'll just use more of yours to undo daddy's little spell.\
44	'''Dante:''' So, you want a piece of me, literally. Okay bro. Come and get it, if you can!
45	-->--''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening''
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47	[[AC:Webcomics]]
48	->'''[[OurDemonsAreDifferent Qarr]]:''' Have you tried adding {{virgin\|Power}}'s blood to your [[EyeOfNewt spell reagents]]?\
49	'''Vaarsuvius:''' How could that possibly affect the spell?\
50	'''Qarr:''' I don't know, exactly ... But I find that virgin's blood is kind of like table salt: you can't go wrong with a little sprinkle here or there.
51	-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0625.html "Bargain Hunter"]]
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