“Tris was pudgy and not especially good looking, but she had the personality of a beautiful girl because she'd been raised in a math.”

— Neal Stephenson , book Anathem

Part 10, "Messal." (A "math" is a co-ed academic/research monastery. Most of the novel takes place in maths.)
Anathem (2008)

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