I was sure that Lys was dead. I wanted myself to die, and yet I clung to life-useless and hopeless and harrowing a thing as it had become. I clung to life because some ancient, reptilian forbear had clung to life and transmitted to me through the ages the most powerful motive that guided his minute brain-the motive of self-preservation. (Edgar Rice Burroughs)

I was sure that Lys was dead. I wanted myself to die, and yet I clung to life-useless and hopeless and harrowing a thing as it had become. I clung to life because some ancient, reptilian forbear had clung to life and transmitted to me through the ages the most powerful motive that guided his minute brain-the motive of self-preservation.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

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