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A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.

Wally Lamb

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Surrender
Dignity
Freedom
Woman
Need
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Its the most breathtakingly ironic things about living: the fact that we are all-identical twins included-alone. Singular. And yet what we seek-what saves us-is our connection to others.
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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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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.
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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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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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Only there's two sides to every story, you know. You just remember that.
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If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.
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I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.
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I won't read novels while writing novels.
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When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
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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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Look, don't just stare at the pages, I used to tell my students. Become the characters. Live inside the book.
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Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.
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I walked over and looked closer at the statue of the goddess. She was wearing a headdress with a skull and a cobra and a crescent moon. Maybe this is what peace of mind was all about: having a poisonous snake on your head and smiling anyway.
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I love the most the students with troubled lives.
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As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.
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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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I need to get lost and sometimes my characters lead me to places I don't expect to go.
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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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