"If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end."

Mortality, Dying, Faith, End, Hope

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"If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end."

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"But what really happens after you are dead - that is what I want to know?I cannot tell you Renisenb. You should ask a priest these questions.He would just give me the usual answers. I want to know.We shall none of us know until we are dead ourselves."

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