As I watched her leave, my mind shot ahead to a time in the… - Curtis Sittenfeld

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As I watched her leave, my mind shot ahead to a time in the future when we would not share a room, when our daily lives would not overlap. The idea made me feel as if I were being held underwater. Then I thought, you’re being so ridiculous; you have almost three more years together, and I could breathe again. But I knew, I always knew- and as unhappy as I often was, the knowledge never made me feel better; instead it seemed the worst part of all- that our lives at Ault were only temporary.

Curtis Sittenfeld

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Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld (born August 23, 1975, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American writer.

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