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I know the difference now between dedication and infatuation. That doesn't mean I don't still get an enormous kick out of infatuation: the exciting ephemera, the punch in the stomach, the adrenaline to the heart.

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
Heart
Enormous
Ephemera
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Infatuation
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