At the right time, and like my father—utterly without fear or pain, at home, with all whom I love. It was his last lesson as a parent to me.
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Helena Bonham Carter
Actor
United Kingdom · b. 1966
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English actor whose films include A Room with a View, The Wings of the Dove and Fight Club, and who played Princess Margaret in The Crown.
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In my bed, a hot-water bottle on my tummy, the windows are open, reading a book that I’m already into, chocolate at hand, all with the knowledge that everyone I love and know is happy.
The loss of anything, be it a loved one or a faculty—my sight, hearing, or mind.
My distractibility, diminishing memory, and capacity for sustained concentration. My English master once said I had the brain of a butterfly. I feel that 40 years later, I’ve evolved into Dory from Finding Nemo.
My mother. She’s 85 and rather than diminishing with age, she keeps surprising and growing more marvelous. She finds fun when most are jaded, wonder when most are cynical, and is curious when most are bored. She gave me life and continues to show me how to live it daily. And I know that everyone who meets her thinks the same.
Both of the days my children were born. It was like I’d stepped through a mirror and everything turned Technicolor.
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