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We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.
Curtis Sittenfeld
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Curtis Sittenfeld
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 23
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Cincinnati
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Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld
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I've had people say very dismissive things about my books, but I also feel like I probably have more readers because I'm a woman. I mean, more readers are women and more people who buy books are women, so I don't feel like it's a total disadvantage to be a female writer.
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There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right.
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