Fiona Paul Quotes

#1. Civilized beings regard the act of intercourse as the highest expression of romantic love. One need only observe the behavior of animals, however, to realize that the act is often a form of violence.

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#2. The human body is a book of secrets, covered in skin and written in blood. Those who which to learn its mysteries must be unafraid to open it and study its entrails.
-The Book of The Eternal Rose

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#3. If I had your body, I'd stare at it for hours. Days, maybe.

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#4. From death we gain knowledge of life, and from this knowledge we may one day vanquish death.
-The Book of The Eternal Rose

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#5. The truth never hurts more than finding out someone you love has lied to you.

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#6. Madness weakens the mind and disease weakens the body, but nothing destroys the spirit like the loss of a true love.

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#7. The Black Death announces itself by the appearance of foul, egg-sized swellings that erupt on the bodies of its victims, followed by spreading boils and hideous discolorations of the skin. So excruciating is the pain that death, when it comes, is a mercy.
-The Book of the Eternal Rose

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#8. How terrible it must be to be a member of the noble class. So many rules. Such restraint. You must feel like a caged bird, battering its wings against the sides of its golden prison.

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#9. Both the teardrop and the tempest are made of water, making it the most yielding and most destructive force on Earth.

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#10. The healer and the killer both rely on the blade: the physician his scalpel, the assassin his dagger.

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#11. Come on," Falco said. "I'll see you safely home to your fancy sheets. I'd say you need your beauty sleep, but it looks like you've been getting plenty.

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#12. The heart is divided into four chambers, two to a side. When one side fails, the other must follow, and the body dies.
-The Book of The Eternal Rose

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#13. You may study the bodies of the living and the dead for clues about the mechanism of the muscles, the bones, and even the brain, but you can never unravel the mystery of the human heart ...

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#14. Falco's eyes widened in fake shock. "Well, then perhaps I should ask for a tour of the house." He grinned, clearly relishing Cass's embarrassment. "Can we start with your bedroom?

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#15. Don't fall into the trap of letting others do everything for you. It's noble to accept help when you need it, lazy to accept it when yo don't.

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#16. The water that flows through the canals is both beautiful and deadly. Its tranquil surface belies that toxins beneath-unpleasant to touch, deadly to imbibe.

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#17. Certain living things prefer the dark, thriving in the shadows of tombstones and crypts, flowering admist the dead. Others tend toward the sun, blooming in the light, embracing the warmth.

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#18. After all, death and life are just two phases of the natural order of things. It seems silly to embrace birth and fear death.

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#19. I know you want this as much as I do," he said. "You aren't going to report me. And even if you did, I'm inclined to think a night with you might well be worth imprisonment.

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#20. You should be more careful, you know."
"Careful?" she managed to croak. "You're the one who knocked me over."
"I couldn't resist," he said, and he actually had the nerve to wink at her. "It's not often I get the chance to put my hands on such a beautiful woman.

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#21. Religion would have us believe that immortality is reserved for the gods. We remain skeptical.

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#22. How can God be so cruel to grow love in such hopeless places?

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