College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity. (Jeffrey Eugenides)

College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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