I don’t know and I don’t really care – I’ll be dead.
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I don’t know, and I’m completely OK with not knowing.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗
Others on this question
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When my mother died in my arms, I feel I witnessed her spirit leaving her body, so let’s just wait and see.
I don’t know and I don’t really care, because I’ll be dead, so it won’t really matter.
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Like becoming warm after you’ve been cold.
Big. Funny. Man.
As someone who was kind.
Absolutely none. I’ve had three run-ups at Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and I conclude it must be boring because I’ve never finished it.
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