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‘The Heaviest Pain in the World’ — Rob Delaney on His Son’s Death

“Henry played obliviously, beautifully, on the floor.”

“Those days of working one job and sustaining a household on one income — those days are long gone.”

“Making films is how they go home.”

“It’s an unusually precarious beginning for a life that can last forty years.”

“But he did let slip that he’d kept his lottery charts and spreadsheets—and that he still believed his system worked.”

“We hastily dispose of dead whales, ignoring the ecological significance of their carcasses.”