H. Rider Haggard Quotes

My death is very near to me, and of this I am glad, for I desire to pursue the quest in other realms, as it has been promised to me that I shall do.

H. Rider Haggard

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• My death is very near to me, and of this I am glad, for I desire to pursue the quest in other realms, as it has been promised to me that I shall do.

  

  H. Rider Haggard
  • Death
  • Desire