“I am an old man who will live until I die," Anselmo said.”
Ernest Hemingway book For Whom the Bell Tolls
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls
“Ha!' said the tall man drily. 'He was in high luck. Rich old uncles who die are in shockingly short supply.”
Source: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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