From the day of his talkative, overconfident arrival at Irving he had failed and failed at learning how not… — Richard Yates
From the day of his talkative, overconfident arrival at Irving he had failed and failed at learning how not to behave like a jerk; and everybody knew what kind of life a jerk could expect at prep school.
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