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“I died seventy-six hours ago—or so I’ve been told. Nonexistence—how to describe it? There are no words. I leave that question and the entire Great Guess to the philosophers, the theologians, and the ministers. This is all I know: I was; I was not; I was again.” quote by Stephen Payne — Download Open image

““I died seventy-six hours ago—or so I’ve been told. Nonexistence—how to describe it? There are no words. I leave that question and the entire Great Guess to the philosophers, the theologians, and the ministers. This is all I know: I was; I was not; I was again.””

Stephen Payne

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