Is it to awaken and hear the passing of time or is it the failing beat of your own heart?
15 seconds sound clip from the The Masque of the Red Death movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:11:21 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- But if they are killed, I will die and so will Prince Prospero.
- Let me speak to you about the anatomy of terror.
- Terror? What would you know of terror, Alfredo? Your senses are much too blunt.
- Is it to awaken and hear the passing of time or is it the failing beat of your own heart?
- Or the footsteps of someone who just a moment before was in your room?
- But let us not dwell on terror.
- The knowledge of terror is vouchsafed only to the precious few.
- And now may I present for your entertainment, the dancers Esmeralda and Hop Toad.
[...]
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Memorable quotes with sound bites from The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film based upon a short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe).
Actors: Vincent Price (Prince Prospero), Jane Asher (Francesca), Nigel Green (Ludovico)
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