“I must slowdown now, which is why I’m taking what I like to call ‘a leave of presence.’ What in the world is a leave of presence? It means I am not going away . . . I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies.” — Roger Ebert, writing two days before he succumbed to cancer after a long battle and a brilliant career as the nation’s foremost film critic