[voice-over] People tell you who they are, but we ignore it - because we want them to be who we want them to be.
“The Summer Man” · Season 4, Episode 8
In this episode: Don Draper (2), Joan Holloway (2)
[voice-over] When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him. He has a million reasons for being anywhere. Just ask him. If you listen, he’ll tell you how he got there. How he forgot where he was going - then, he woke up. If you listen, he’ll tell you about the time he thought he was an angel and dreamt of being perfect. And then he’ll smile, with wisdom, content that he realized the world isn’t perfect. We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.
[to Peggy] No matter how powerful we get around here, they can still just draw a cartoon. So all you've done is prove to them that I'm a meaningless secretary, and you're another humorless bitch.
You're so arrogant.
JJoey
Me? What do you do around here besides walking around like you're trying to get raped?
Excuse me?
JJoey
I'm not some young girl off the bus. I don't need some madame from a Shanghai whorehouse to show me the ropes.
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