Elena Bowes

New York-London design & culture writer of a certain vintage looking for meaning and wholeness in life

Nora Ephron’s Final Act

April 22nd, 2014
New York
Books & Authors

Nora Ephron’s son Jacob Bernstein wrote a moving tribute to his late mother in the New York Times. Ephron is my hero, make that heroine. Below are just a few of my favourite quotes.

“The amount of maintenance involving hair is genuinely overwhelming. Sometimes I think that not having to worry about your hair anymore is the secret upside of death.”

“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”

“You are the butter to my bread, the breathe to my life.”

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”

March, 2013