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Anna Quindlen

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.

Anna Quindlen

Change

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The author describes a restless search for a meaningful connection with someone else who could transform her life, showing her focus was on external change. She realizes, too late, that she was overlooking her own potential to be the person who could bring about that change.

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