{"text":"College stirred in her a certain contempt for virtues like kindness and persistence. She would have appeared to have been a kind and persistent person herself, but a steady diet of Antonioni films and an introductory course on existentialism had awakened her to the fact that she wanted more.","author":"Garth Risk Hallberg","tags":["city-on-fire","college","garth-risk-hallberg","humor"],"id":1100,"author_id":"Garth+Risk+Hallberg"}