The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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I cried watching the movie Coco with my daughter.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2025 source ↗
When my dad died this year.
I last shed a tear when my nephew, who is under 10, announced that he was learning the trombone. When I was about the same age and wanted to learn the trumpet, a music teacher said: “The trumpet isn’t for you. You’ve got too-thick lips.”
I teared up when I did a voiceover for my memoir while talking about my mother-in-law, whom I adored and miss so much.
Watching the news. Human life seemed pretty cheap in 2024.
The best way to spend time is to waste it.
OCD medication.
A strong work ethic and enough wealth not to need it.
A flight from Paraguay to South Africa that went badly wrong. The plane nearly fell out of the sky and the oxygen masks dropped. People were screaming but the pilot saved the day, and then apparently never flew again.
“I would love to go on a date with you, but I’d be too embarrassed.”
Cockroach stamper at a dried-flower factory.
Charlotte Rampling, Richard Eyre, Bobbi Brown, Kerry Godliman, Geoffrey Rush, Julie Delpy
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