You reach a certain point in life and suddenly know a lot of dead people, and I’ve noticed you don’t stop getting to know people who are dead. Those relationships continue and I like that.
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You reach a certain point in life and suddenly know a lot of dead people, and I’ve noticed you don’t stop getting to know people who are dead. Those relationships continue and I like that.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 May 2026 source ↗
I would like to believe that you reunite with the people you love the most.
Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.
I like the idea of being atoms that other people can breathe in, and fabulous worm food.
Hopefully we have life in the minds and hearts of the people we interacted with.
A running accident when I was 14 or 15. I fainted but I was a bit of a jester and they thought I was taking the piss, so I was left for a bit. I woke up in hospital.
A movie. Does it have a name? It might do.
It’s usually a slight feeling that, having got through the day, I didn’t get any time to do any writing or something creative – it was a lot of admin, exhaustion from that and rumination.
Having regrets and not knowing what to do about them.
I’ve not always been great friend material. I’ve tried to get better at that, so to be remembered as reliable by a few would be great.
To be stuck in the past.
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