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Joan: Well, I was just made director of agency operations. A title. No money, of course. And if they poured champagne, it must’ve been while I was pushing the mail cart.
Peggy: A pretty face comes along, and everything goes out the window.
Joan: Well, I learned a long time ago to not get all my satisfaction from this job.
Peggy: That’s bullshit.

Nostalgia - it’s delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, “nostalgia” literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone.

I know people say life goes on, and it does, and no one tells you that’s not a good thing. Why is that?




