“Blood was its Avatar and its seal.”
“It's not blood that makes us who we are," Dad said. "It's family. And it's not blood that makes us family. It's love.”
“It keeps her purity vacum-sealed to preserve its freshness for her future husband.”
“WHEN A THING SEALS ITSELF AGAINST ITS OWN DESTRUCTION, IT MERELY DIES A DIFFERENT DEATH.”
“It’s been six weeks. If Blane hasn’t sealed the deal by now, its open season.”
“Blood was flowing – in Bluebeard’s house, in the abattoirs, in the circuses where God had set his seal to whiten the windows. Blood and Milk flowed together.”