“What I saw was the hoax: Immortals questioning mortality when they should have asked eternity.”

— Vanna Bonta

"She's Dead?"
Shades of the World (1985)

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Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice art… 1958–2014

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“What I saw was the hoax: Immortals questioning mortality when they should have asked eternity.”

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