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Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2) QUOTES

Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2) QUOTES

1 " The Betrayer of Christ stared back at Erin. “By my word, I sent Christ from this world. By my actions, I will bring him back. That is the purpose of my curse. "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)

2 " We must savor every moment given us," she stressed. "We know not where this journey ends so we must wring each scrap of joy out of it while it lasts. "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)

3 " December 19, 2:02 A.M. CET Crypts below Vatican City   Rhun lurched up and away. His head smashed against smooth stone. The blow opened a wound on his temple and knocked him back into the scalding bath of wine with a splash. He had awakened like this many times, trapped inside a stone sarcophagus, "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)

4 " She ignored his questions. “You are not ready for what you seek,” she simply said. Her words were Latin, but her accent sounded ancient, older even than his. "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)

5 " For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. —Revelation 16:6 "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)

6 " Bitter thoughts swept through him. That face had been called many names over the centuries, worn many identities. But after two millennia he had returned to the one his mother had given him. Judas Iscariot. "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)

7 " Judas paused at the edge of the Venetian ballroom, letting the colors swirl in front of him. Crimson reds, deepest golds, indigos that matched the evening sea, blacks that ate the light, and the pearly radiance of bare shoulders. Nowhere did the women dress as brightly, and display "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)

8 " All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)

9 " Leopold did not have to touch it to know to whom it belonged. It was as familiar as his own palm. It was his rosary, lost when he fell from the train. He closed his eyes. Look how far I have fallen, my Lord . . . He remembered Bernard so bowed by sorrow, so stricken by grief. Over me . . . a traitor. "

― James Rollins , Innocent Blood (The Order of the Sanguines, #2)