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.

Anna Quindlen in Every Last One

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Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist.

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