the carousel

DRAPER: "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. This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards and forwards, and it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called ‘The Wheel.’ It’s called ‘The Carousel'. It lets us travel the way a child travels. Around and around and back home again. A place where we know we are loved."

Mentioned this when talking to Jia at lunch today. This was the scene that made me fall in love with Mad Men. It is simple, and it is poignant. The selling of emotions, that's all it ever had been. And they do it so brilliantly, so subtly. y u no come back this fall!? MM marathon after finals!!! For tonight, 3 tutorials and preparation for Hell Tuesday!!