“I thought I was headed to a place that would turn out tomorrow's leaders, not their wives!” - but a leader’s wife is really not any easier than the leader him/herself (we all know what makes a leader and those qualities aren’t any easy to live a life with). // “I know exactly what I'm doing and it doesn't make me any less smart.” The married Joan
Gorgeous. The main subject could have easily been mistreated, but everything has been handled with mastery, depth & intelligence. "Sex with my teacher" is actually transcended through all the other subjects involved, from the myths of puberty to the intrinsic relations in family.