Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed ev… - Anna Quindlen

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Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.

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About Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American journalist and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992.

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Alternative Names: Anna Marie Quindlen
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