“It's not my time to die.”

—  Serge Gellé

Source: Serge Gellé (2021) cited in: " Madagascar: Minister 'swims for 12 hours' after helicopter crashes at sea https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59749005" in BBC News, 23 December 2021.

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