i will show you fear in a handful of dust. t.s. eliot we don't actuall…

T. S. Eliot
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i will show you fear in a handful of dust. t.s. eliot we don't actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.
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i will show you fear in a handful of dust. t.s. eliot we don't actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.

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