All our lives are little books - but they're not someone else's complete book. You're a chapter or a page or a footnote in someone else's life and they are going to keep writing beautiful chapters when you are gone. And those green shoots can grow around grief and put it in perspective. I hope people will think, "I'm glad I read that - Simon's story". And just because it's over, doesn't mean it's gone.
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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗
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As someone who did what he could with what he had.
Someone happy and cheeky who tried to change perceptions.
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Nothing. I survived a cancer scare at 60, so I am just overjoyed to be here.
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