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As for the politics here, what can you do? There’s a lot of posturing, but it’s all kind of meaningless.

— Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld Prep (2005)

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I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.

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I forgot, over and over, that the fact of my wanting something wasn’t enough to make it happen.

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Before or after your stole my best friend? But the real question is if you were using me to get to Martha all along, or if you just took an opportunity when you saw it.

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I believed then that if you had a good encounter with a person, it was best not to see them again for as long as possible.

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But while I was in their city, it just seemed like such a mistake that I had ever left home, such an error in judgment in all our parts.

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