26. Chile. Film Maker/Producer. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Gandalf "-Tell me something I can hold onto and never let go. -Let go." The Age of Adaline
“She was right, my mother was right. She said “the world of men do not deserve you, they don’t deserve our help…”” “It’s not about deserve. Maybe… Maybe we don’t. But it’s not about that, it’s about what you believe.”
“Fine.” I banged open
the door. My mother, her face level with my neckline, winced.
“Oh, dear God.” I could
feel her breath on me. She held up a bandaged hand, as if about to touch my
chest, then let it drop. Behind her Amma whined like a puppy. “Look what you’ve
done to yourself,” Adora said. “Look at it.”
“I do.”
“I hope you just loved
it. I hope you can stand yourself.”
She shut the door and I
ripped at the dress, the zipper still jammed until my furious tugs yanked the
teeth apart enough to get it to my hips, where I wriggled out, the zipper
leaving a trail of pink scratches on my skin. I bunched the cotton of the dress
over my mouth and screamed.
Women, we’re nurturers, that’s what’s expected of us…But we have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say ‘I can do that, and I should be allowed to.’
Glenn Close, giving the speech of the night accepting her Golden Globe for The Wife. (via tvhousehusband)