Monday, January 18, 2010

Peggy Wholesome

"'When I'm twenty-six, if I'm not married by then, I'm going to take a lover,' Caroline said.
'Really?' April sounded a little shocked. Then she thought about it. 'I think you're right. If you're that old, you have a right to live.'"

---from the definitive word on "office girls", Rona Jaffe's 1958 novel The Best of Everything

Matthew Weiner better be paying her royalties, for reals.

2 comments:

Eem said...

Have you seen the movie yet?? Quelle dramatic!

PantyVal said...

YES! So amazing! It's like Three Coins in a Fountain gone deliciously bad.