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I think we’re definitely gone, but I do think people leave traces everywhere from what they did in life, and live on and continue to make an impact through the ripple effect of that.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 54 →I think we go back into the earth.
I think we live on in people’s memories until those memories go.
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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People singing in the street.
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