Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
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Aes Triplex (1878)
“It’s better to die than to live in the knowledge that you’ve done something that needs forgiveness.”
— Andrzej Sapkowski, book Blood of Elves
Source: Blood of Elves
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