Carolina QuotesIgnore death up to the last moment; then, when it can't be ignored any longer, have yourself squirted full of morphia and shuffle off in a coma. Thoroughly sensible, humane and scientific, eh?
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- Time Must Have a Stop (1944)
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- 1944
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