“You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.”
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The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.
You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.