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 two 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...