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There is something miraculous in the way the years wash away your evidence, first you, then your friends and family, then the descendants who remember your face, until you aren’t even a memory, you’re only carbon, no greater than your atoms, and time will divide them as well.
There is something miraculous in the way the years wash away your evidence, first you, then your friends and family, then the descendants who remember your face, until you aren’t even a memory, you’re only carbon, no greater than your atoms, and time will divide them as well.
Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
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- Anthony Marra
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- Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Anthony Marra: documented birth year 1984; activity date not established. Wikidata Q4773014, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4773014 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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