... no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away... The span of someone's life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence. (Terry Pratchett)

... no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away... The span of someone's life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.

Terry Pratchett

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