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

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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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People waste their happiness - that's what makes me sad. Everyone's so scared to be happy.
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When I was a kid... I needed to belong.
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