By Khushwant Mubarak Singh quoted in "She had a lust for life"
“And in the name of this gospel of freedom, she had imprisoned herself; in the name of "living life honestly," she would go to her death. It was, he supposed, the only way she could make herself feel special.”
(XIV.4) Del Rey, p. 473
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)
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