What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die.
Alexander DumasAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: french
- Born: July 24, 1802
- Died: December 5, 1870
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