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I think... the secret is to just settle for the shape of your life takes...Instead of you know, always waiting and wishing for what might make you happy.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Wish
Settling
Might
Shape
Make
Shapes
Always
Instead
Think
Takes
Thinking
Secret
Life
Waiting
Wishing
Happy
Settle

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I try to find something that applies not to me only, but to others, but don't try to control it too much. Essentially it is about what moves us, teaches us about ourselves.
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The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.
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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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Connecticut is in my blood.
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I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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The evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.
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As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.
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Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.
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I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better what should I cut out to make it stronger what do I need to do to clarify it and finally, what should I reposition.
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Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.
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But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here...
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With destruction comes renovation.
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What if I don’t like adventure? Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.
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Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off.
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I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept any reaction and hope they think it is worth reading.
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People waste their happiness - that's what makes me sad. Everyone's so scared to be happy.
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I am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going.
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I won't read novels while writing novels.
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A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.
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