I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.
Curtis SittenfeldHigh school is very intense for everyone. But at a boarding school, because you're there 24 hours a day, everything gets magnified.
Curtis SittenfeldWe all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.
Curtis SittenfeldI feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.
Curtis SittenfeldI don't know what it is about human beings but most of us really like reading about or observing sexual tension and romance. It's just so much fun. I don't know if there is some Darwinian thing in us that really responds to that, but I think the most memorable scenes to me in books and movies are the ones where a couple is about to kiss.
Curtis SittenfeldI was 16 years old, attending boarding school, and I loved Pride and Prejudice. From the opening pages, I loved it. And I will say in my class, not one but two boys told me that I reminded them of Lizzy Bennet. I didn't realize it at the time but this was the nicest thing that any male would ever say to me. This was as good as it got.
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