"But what I did care about, what I wanted most fervently, was for her to understand that hard work paid off, that decency begat decency, that humility was not a raincoat you occasionally pulled on when you thought conditions called for it, but rather a constant way of existing in the world, knowing that good and bad luck touched everyone and none of us were fully responsible for our fortunes and tragedies."
American Wife, p. 401
By Curtis Sittenfeld
Published 2009
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