Betty Draper quotes from Mad Men

Don

Where do you want me to start?

Betty

What's your name?

Don

[slowly] Donald Draper. But it used to be Dick Whitman.

Don

You had everything you ever wanted. Everything! And you loved it! And now I'm not good enough for some spoiled, mainline brat?!

Betty

That's right!

Betty

What are you doing?

Don

Waiting for you to tell me to stop.

Betty

What did you think when you saw me?

Don

That you are as beautiful as the day I met you.

[to Betty, about his teacher] She likes you.

Betty

Yes, well, that blouse says she likes everyone.

Betty

[to Sally about her cancer diagnosis] Henry shouldn't have scared you. I wanted to tell you myself.

Sally

He doesn't know you won't get treatment because you love the tragedy.

Betty

Sally, I've learned to believe people when they tell you it's over. They don't want to say it, so it's usually the truth.

Sally

Henry says you could have a year.

Betty

And what would that year be like?

Sally

I'll be with you. I won't let you give up!

Betty

I know that. But I watched my mother die. I won't do that to you. And I don't want you to think I'm a quitter. I've fought for plenty in my life. That's how I know it's over. It's not a weakness. It's been a gift to me. To know when to move on.