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people with self-respect have the courage of their mistakes. They know the price of things. If they choose to commit adultery, they do not then go running, in an access of bad conscience, to receive absolution from the wronged parties; nor do they complain unduly of the unfairness, the undeserved embarrassment, of being named corespondent. If they
... See moreJoan Didion • On Self-Respect: Joan Didion’s 1961 Essay From the Pages of Vogue
Clean Old-fashioned Hate
Tom Wolfe • A Man in Full: A Novel
This is followed by a leisurely twenty-minute shower, a late breakfast, a long nap, and then a meandering perusal through a variety of periodicals. Meanwhile, I am ferrying our daughter to birthday parties and playdates. On weekend evenings, Tom doesn’t check with me before he meets friends for drinks; he just breezes out the door with the assumpti
... See moreJancee Dunn • How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
