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title: "10 Blood Water Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Blood Water quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Blood Water sayings and thoughts."
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> [When you see a guy go down, you smell blood in the water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-famiglietti/when-you-see-a-guy-go-down-you-smell-blood-in-the-water/)

[Anthony Famiglietti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-famiglietti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/anthony-famiglietti-81935_blood_when-you-see-a-guy-go-down-you-smell-blo_352719.png)

> [There's an awful lot of blood around that water is thicker than.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mignon-mclaughlin/there-s-an-awful-lot-of-blood-around-that-water-is-thicker-than/)

[Mignon McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mignon-mclaughlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/mignon-mclaughlin-742_about-family_there-s-an-awful-lot-of-blood-around-tha_1467404.png)

> [You don't have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-galen/you-don-t-have-to-be-a-political-genius-to-sniff-the-smell-of-blood/)

[Rich Galen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-galen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/rich-galen-46276_blood_you-don-t-have-to-be-a-political-genius_197945.jpg)

> [“I can smell your ambition like blood in the water.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-bardugo/i-can-smell-your-ambition-like-blood-in-the-water/)

[Leigh Bardugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-bardugo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/leigh-bardugo-252_ambition_i-can-smell-your-ambition-like-blood-in_2722448.png)

> [“Uh-oh, big boy. Your blood is in the water and the sharks are circling. Must be feeding time."--Mea Brin, The Huntress”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-o-leary/uh-oh-big-boy-your-blood-is-in-the-water-and-the-sharks-are-circling/)

[Michelle O'Leary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-o-leary/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/michelle-o-leary-48270_fiction_uh-oh-big-boy-your-blood-is-in-the-water_481557.jpg)

> [When there are fish heads and blood in the water, you don't need to see the silverpike to know they are there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/when-there-are-fish-heads-and-blood-in-the-water-you-don-t-need-to/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/robert-jordan-438_blood_when-there-are-fish-heads-and-blood-in-t_2366770.jpg)

> [As it is a major component of blood, water is vital for transporting oxygen to the brain. Heaven forbid that your blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-goldacre/as-it-is-a-major-component-of-blood-water-is-vital-for-transporting/)

[Ben Goldacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-goldacre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/ben-goldacre-9578_blood_as-it-is-a-major-component-of-blood-wate_2695729.jpg)

> [“It is not a sin, he tells himself, there is no sin left now, there is only the blood and the water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcguire/it-is-not-a-sin-he-tells-himself-there-is-no-sin-left-now-there-is/)

[Ian McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcguire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/ian-mcguire-86305_death_it-is-not-a-sin-he-tells-himself-there-i_1758197.jpg)

> [Ender stepped under the water and rinsed himself, took the sweat of combat and let it run down the drain. All gone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/ender-stepped-under-the-water-and-rinsed-himself-took-the-sweat-of/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/orson-scott-card-134_blood_ender-stepped-under-the-water-and-rinsed_61690.jpg)

> [Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/kaye-you-know-what-the-sun-looks-like-janet-no-what-kaye-like-he-slit/)

[Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/holly-black-329_blood_kaye-you-know-what-the-sun-looks-like-ja_103523.png)

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