There are people we treat wrong and later we're prepared to treat other people right. Perhaps this sounds mercenary, but I feel grateful for these trial relationships, and I would like to think it all evens out.

About Curtis Sittenfeld

Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld (born August 23, 1975) is an American writer. She is the author of 2 collections of short stories, You Think it, I’ll Say It (2018) and Show don't tell (2025), as well as seven novels: Prep (2005), the story of students at a Massachusetts prep school; The...

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