Jonah Goldberg (1969) American political writer and pundit
Twitter post https://twitter.com/JonahNRO/status/1049835451903815680 (9 October 2018) <br class="br">2010s, 2018
“It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young.”
— Muriel Spark, book Memento Mori
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