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Quotation from Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
“Light your fire: do you think I dread it as much as the life of a rat in a hole? My voices were right.”
Saint Joan, Scene VI (Project Gutenberg #76323 (Brentano's, 1926))
Sentenced to perpetual imprisonment after recanting, Joan tears up her confession and chooses the fire.
Citation: "Light your fire: do you think I dread it as much as the life of a rat in a hole? My voices were right." — George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan, Scene VI (Project Gutenberg #76323 (Brentano's, 1926)). (id shaw-saint-joan-q6)
Portrait: George Bernard Shaw, Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain.
