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Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
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Norwich
Connecticut
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Wrongly
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Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.
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Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.
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First I laughed my way through Elinor Lipman's book of political tweets. Then I put my ear to the ground and listened to Molly Ivins guffawing from the grave. Lipman is a piquant poetic rock star!
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I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.
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My Italian-American heritage, of which I'm very proud and with which I identify strongly, surfaces in several of my novels.
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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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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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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 think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.
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