But I never thought of who he wasn't, I never had to explain or defend him to myself, I didn't even care what we talked about.
Curtis SittenfeldOf course, I didn't imagine then that I could have had a real relationship with any guy. I thought that by virtue of being me I was disqualified.
Curtis SittenfeldPerhaps this is how you know you're doing the thing you're intended to: No matter how slow or how slight your progress, you never feel that it's a waste of time.
Curtis SittenfeldHigh school is very intense for everyone. But at a boarding school, because you're there 24 hours a day, everything gets magnified.
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