As much as the world is?grieving for the loss of beloved comic genius Robin Williams, the fact is?that he leaves behind a wife and three children whose worlds are shattered. In the midst of grief, however, his daughter Zelda Rae has done something that has had the profound effect of comforting us all. On Monday, she tweeted this:
— Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) August 12, 2014
The quote is from the book The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery.
Intentional or not, Zelda, 25, has found quite possibly the one quote that will make almost all of us smile and grieve for this brilliant man?from a place of honor.
On Zelda’s birthday two weeks ago, Robin Williams shared a photo of him and Zelda on his Instagram and captioned it “Quarter of a century old today but always my baby girl.”
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