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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.

Wally Lamb

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Evidence
Grows
Mongrels
Rich
Roundness
Make
Foam
Good
Dogs
Things
Forgiveness
Love
Exists
Dog

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