“The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.”
Act I.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)
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German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose 1813–1837Related quotes
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