I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed l…

Curtis Sittenfeld
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I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me. ✨ Curtis Sittenfeld (2013). Prep and American Wife: Two Bestselling Novels, p.237, Random House
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I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me. ✨ Curtis Sittenfeld (2013). Prep and American Wife: Two Bestselling Novels, p.237, Random House

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