"And it also thrilled me, because it made the world seem full of possibilities that could make my heart pound. I think, looking back, that this was the sigle best thing about Ault, the sense of possibility. We lived together so closely, but because it was a place of decorum and restraint and because on top of that we were teenagers, we hid so much. And then, in dorms and classes and on teams and at formal dinner and in adviser groups, we got shuffled and thrust together and shuffled again, and there was always the chance that you might found out one of the pieces of hidden information. This was why I felt excited when life was different from normal, when things happened - snow and fire drills and the times we had chapel at night, evensong, when the sky outside the stained glass windows was black. Depending on circumstances, a wild fact could be revealed to you, or you could fall desperately in love. In my whole life, Ault was the place with the greatest density of people to fall in love with."

Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld.