the studded sneaker

i knew

The truth is, somehow, way down inside, without her ever finding lipstick on the collar or catching a man in the flimsy excuse of where he was till three A.M., a wife does know.

Any man can find a twerp here and there who will go along with cheating, and it doesn’t take all that much manhood. It does take quite a man to remain attractive and to be loved by a woman who has heard him snore, seen him unshaven, tended him while he was sick and washed his dirty underwear.

If you truly love a girl, you shouldn’t ever want her to feel, when she sees you greet a secretary or a girl you both know, that humiliation of wondering if she was someone who caused you to be late coming home.

[excerpts from reagan’s letter to his son, june 1971]

"There’s that famous and damning statistic: translated works make up just three percent of the American book market (and, in contrast, sixty percent of all the translated literature in the world comes from English)."

Confessions of a Literary Jingoist by Elizabeth Minkel (via millionsmillions)

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Cartoon by Tom Toles (The Washington Post)

Sofia Vergara in Marchesa.

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