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The point is this: that the stream of memory may lead you to the river of understanding. And understanding, in turn, may be a tributary to the river of forgiveness.

Wally Lamb

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
May
Rivers
Memory
Lead
Memories
Tributary
Turn
Stream
Understanding
Streams
Turns
River
Point
Forgiveness

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Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.
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If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.
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Connecticut is in my blood.
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