““I shall not be killed!” The count smiled scornfully, as if death were something that only others suffered.”

—  Michael Moorcock , book The Jewel in the Skull

The Jewel in the Skull (1967)
Source: Book 1, Chapter 2 “Yisselda and Bowgentle” (p. 13)

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