“And now I knew myself to be generous with encouragement only when I either did not want the thing the other person sought or did not believe the person would really get it. It was the opposite of what I… — Curtis Sittenfield Copy Share Image
“This desperate aversion to seeming like you wanted anything, or worse, to going after it, stayed with me for years after I left Ault.” — Curtis Sittenfield Copy Share Image
“And as for Martha-I never understood when I was at Ault why she liked me as much as I liked her. Even now, I'm still not sure. I couldn't give back half of what she gave me, and that fact should have knocked off the balance between us, but it didn't, and I don't know why not…But she had liked… — Curtis Sittenfield Copy Share
“And now I knew myself to be generous with encouragement only when I either did not want the thing the other person sought or… — Curtis Sittenfield Copy Share Image
