“Do not let the bastards grind you down.”
—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
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“And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied about your love, you deceived your legal wife, and all in the name of honour. That was the damned paradox of it - in order to behave well, you have to behave badly.”
— Julian Barnes, Arthur and George
“She adapted herself to the split-second rhythm of the New Yorker going to and from work. Getting to the office was a nervous ordeal. If she arrived one minute before nine, she was a free person. If she arrived one minute after, she worried because that made her the logical scapegoat of the boss if he happened to be in a bad mood that day.”
— Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Red is wild. She is unsettling. She intrigues. Wear red and other women will assume that you are a predatory vixen who is out to steal their husbands and suck the blood of their children.”
— Simon Doonan, Eccentric Glamour
“‘I know that you’re selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven’t the nerve of a rabbit, I know you’re a liar and a humbug, I know that you’re utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is’—her face was on a sudden distraught with pain—‘the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart.’”
— W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
“She was basically a practical person, a person who planned ahead. ‘Ambitious,’ her mother had called her, and it hadn’t been a compliment.”
—Dan Chaon, Await Your Reply
“I don’t know if it’s better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.”
— Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I wanted to tell you, it’s not worth it. And if we don’t get Jaguar, so what?
“So I don’t get a partnership.” — You should have said that, Joan. Peggy did the right way (is there such a thing in this business?), but you’re not a fool. You girls rock.
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Important foreshadowing quote:
“You are a grimy little pimp.” — Lane Pryce.
On par with theme encompassing “Who is Don Draper?” quote from the previous season.
Genius Pal Angela pointed out an important costuming correlation. Presented without comment:
Joan is wearing the coat Roger gave her.
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Use plastic ribbon or flagging tape to create the installations.
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