“I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps.”

“I have served Almighty God as best as I can. I have failed at times, but "Perfection is the palace in which God alone lives.”

“Ahhh, God's balls! The Horrible Halt!" Adoulla pronounced the Dhamsawaati term for the complete standstill of traffic with a familiar disgust.”

“Unable to make babies, they make bombs instead. Men menstruate by shedding other people's blood.”

“First blood has been shed.”

“Certain blood was being shed for uncertain reasons.”

“Blood spilled by violence leaves a stain far different from blood which is shed any other way.”