Still comfort yourself, for death comes to all of us soon or late, and whether it comes soon or late makes little difference in the end, seeing that come it must." "No, not death, it is your fate that makes the difference.

How can I bear to die and leave you the prey of that devil?
Oh my God! my God! how can I bear to die!" "Have no fear, husband," went on Suzanne in the same clear, indifferent voice, "for you do not leave me to be his prey.

Say, now; if we walk backwards swiftly before they could catch us we might fall together into the pit of the sea beneath." "Nay, wife, let our deaths lie upon their heads and not upon ours, for self-murder is a crime." "As you will, Ralph; but I tell you, and through you I tell Him who made me, that it is a crime which I shall dare if need be.

Have no fear, Ralph, as I leave your arms, so shall I return to them, whether it be in Heaven or upon earth.

That man thinks he has power over me, but I say that he has none, seeing that at the last God will protect me with His hand, or with my own." "I cannot blame you, Suzanne, for there are some things which are not to be borne.