“When I die it's not me that will be affected. It's the ones I leave behind.”
Cameron Duncan (1986–2003) New Zealand filmmaker
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“People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.”
— Haruki Murakami, book Norwegian Wood
Source: Norwegian Wood
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