Her lungs were rotting, but she clung steadfastly to her brutal life.
Ihre Lungenflügel verfielen, aber sie 
klammerte sich an ihr freudloses Leben.
 
 
The other part clung desperately to the ideals that have driven him all his life.
Der andere Teil 
klammerte sich verzweifelt an die Ideale, die ihn sein ganzes Leben lang