Death had won my three friends; Death had almost won me. But now I was the one who was going to win and I was… — Susan Howatch
Death had won my three friends; Death had almost won me. But now I was the one who was going to win and I was going to win by outwitting Death over and over again ... To compete with Death, as I had discovered in the mountains, was to know one was alive.
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