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21 " Atunci a zis Domul Dumnezeu către Noe: " Sosit-a înaintea feței Mele sfârșitul a tot omul, căci s-a umplut pământul de nedreptățile lor, și iată Eu îi voi pierde de pe pământ.> "
― Danielle Trussoni , Angelology (Angelology, #1)
22 " Lăcomia de averi, nedreptatea socială, răazboiul, toate acestea sunt manifestări ale răului din lumea noastră. "
23 " The thought crossed my mind that I should have been a bit more wary before climbing into a helicopter and flying to God knows where without an escape route. "
― Danielle Trussoni , The Ancestor
24 " Inheritance is a trickster. One generation may hide its genetic treasures, while the next will put them fully on display. "
25 " St. Thomas Aquinas believed that the dark angels fell within twenty seconds of creation—their evil nature cracked the perfection of the universe almost instantly, leaving a terrible fissure between good and evil. For twenty seconds the universe was pure, perfect, unbroken. "
26 " The mind is like warm wax, the world like a brass seal pressed into it. Such imprints are forever stamped into us. I am eternally marred. "
27 " She is violent only when violence is acted upon her first. When shown kindness, she is kind. That is the way of animals and humans alike. "
28 " Cryptozoologists estimate that fifteen to twenty percent of the animals in the world are unknown to us. There is so much in nature we haven’t seen yet. "
29 " What did you tell them?" Bruno asked, as he joined her on the roof. With the metallic grinding of the train and the howling wind, he had to shout to be heard."That my uncle got drunk and climbed out of the train," Yana said. "I told them we had no choice but to find him and bring him back inside.""And they believed you?""This is Russia," Yana said, giving him a withering look. "Everybody's got an uncle who gets drunk and climbs out a train window at least once. Usually the police find these guys frozen in a snowdrift somewhere, bottle of vodka in hand.""Charming," Bruno said. "
― Danielle Trussoni
30 " Regular people don’t have coats of arms,” I said. “Or such elaborate family trees.” “It isn’t only about class,” Basil said. “It is about inheritance and tribal identity. The family tree as a recording device is thought to derive from biblical sources. It acted as a form of cultural identification, of course, but also was a badge of inclusion. If you recall, Jesus could trace his ancestry to the House of David, and this gave him a legitimacy that he would not have had otherwise. The practice of keeping track of genealogy was more vital to noble families. They were careful to delineate bloodlines, and to avoid mixing with undesirable families. The importance of genealogical records at that time cannot be overestimated. "
31 " Every family has its secrets but nothing reveals the truth like DNA "