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Curtis Sittenfeld is an American author renowned for her contemporary fiction. Born in 1975, she has earned acclaim for her insightful exploration of modern life and intricate character development. Her novels frequently examine themes of identity, relationships, and personal development.

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“Anyway, the important thing to remember about Ault is why you applied in the first place. It was for the academics, right? I don't know where you were before, but Ault beats the hell out of the public high school in my town. As for the politics here, what can you do? There's a lot of posturing, but it's all kind of meaningless.”

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Book:Prep

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“Either Ault was a lot harder than my junior high had been, or I was getting dumber- I suspected both. If I wasn't literally getting dumber, I knew at least that I'd lost the glow that surrounds you when the teachers think you're one of the smart, responsible ones, that glow that shines brighter every time you raise your hand in class to say the perfect thing, or you run out of room in a blue book during an exam and have to ask for a second one.”

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Book:Prep

Source: Prep

“I 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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“When you are a high school girl, there is nothing more miraculous than a high school boy.”

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“High 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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“My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can still smell the formaldehyde of the fetal pigs in biology.”

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Born: 1975
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