“She was from the bloodline of kings. He was from the bloodline of killers.’ (Carlos)”
“The dog show emphasizes bloodline, appearance, and comportment, but money and breeding are never far from anyone's mind.”
“I lay in the dark thinking about the difficulties of family, how crazy and crooked the stories of a bloodline can be.”
“this body can trace its bloodline to you. That makes us related. It doesn't make us family”
“For the moment, I’m just Daire—a girl straddling two bloodlines. One I was given—one I must earn.”
“Mountains have long-lost kinfolk on the other side of the Atlantic. The bloodline that marks that kinship is a vein of a green mineral called serpentine ...”