Richard Feynman to Arline - Read by Oscar Isaac
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Published 2016-10-02
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All Comments (21)
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I am Arline's niece. My father, Jules, was her brother. Thank you for your reading. I have many stories to share....You are reading to a piece of my history. đź’•
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"You dead are so much better than anyone else alive" This line is enough to describe the beauty of memories❤❤
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“You dead are so much better than anyone else alive.” Oof, what a punch in the gut.
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This letter was written in 1947, but nobody knew it existed until it was found in his papers after his own passing in 1988.
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I think why this letter is particularly moving is that Richard Feynman suffered no fools and was brutally honest. In his rational mind he knows that she will never read this and that it is nonsensical to write.....but he does it anyway.
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2:44 God, when he said "sweetheart" his voice just got so tight and you can tell for the rest of the letter he's working so hard to keep it together and to the testament of his skill, he does, but the little breaks in his voice here and there were just powerful.
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This letter made me miss my dead wife I never had. Feynman is a legend.
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That was a better letter. Oscar Isaac to me, seemed like he was holding back some tears.
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"you dead are so much better than everyone else alive" That line hit me so hard. All the letter in general. As someone who lost their life partner 5 years ago, sometimes basking in the pain of his absence feels like honoring his memory. Even if I am now happy in general and in relationship with a beautiful person, and moving on as such, feels like betraying how much he meant to me. This letter perfectly describes what it feels like to loose the love of your life.
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I just watched this for the third time. This time I almost didn't sob like a baby
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ok so it wasn't just me, he was indeed about to cry at the end!
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I can hear oscar isaac voice my entire life if he read like this his voice is awesome..
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There is nothing more beautiful and strong on this planet, than a man devoted to one woman for the entirety. Love you Richard.
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I’m so thankful I too have a wife I love as much as this.
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I was stunned when I read this letter earlier today. It's very rarely that any piece of writing makes me come that close to crying, let alone a letter only a few paragraphs long. I think what affects me most is managing to see a glimmer of how much a person can love another person. It's so rarely that I see anyone manage to convey that in words, convey it so well that I myself feel it, I myself feel what it might be like to be loved that much or to love someone that much.
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This, people, is what spirituality is like for scientists. We don't lack it. We just have it so it makes sense.
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Physicists tell the best love story
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Beautiful sentiments. Heartbreaking. If I ever am loved like that, then I have succeeded in life.
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he was really about to cry :(( this was so beautiful, a great letter by a great man read back to life by yet another great man
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Oh this affected him...it was beautiful to see how it affected him as he read it oh so perfectly!
