Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There m…

Tom Stoppard
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Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one. A moment. In childhood. When it first occurred to you that you don’t go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one’s memory. And yet, I can’t remember it. ✨ Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. www.imdb.com. 1990.
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