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""It's that I do not wish to die," he said. Then he said it again-- "It's that I do not wish to die"-- in a quiet tone, of slow and low amaze, as though it were something that, until the words had said themselves, he found that he had not known, or had not known the depth and extent of his desire." Apr 19, 2014 03:20PM

 
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