Quote

But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here...

Wally Lamb

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Thinking
Whatever
Shoulder
Family
Blessings
Others
Shoulders
Stills
Blessing
Still
Sorrow
Wells
Died
Well
Paid
Sorrows
Think
Ones
Prices

More quotes by Wally Lamb

Image
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.
Wally Lamb
Image
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.
Wally Lamb
Image
Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.
Wally Lamb
Image
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
Image
Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.
Wally Lamb
Image
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.
Wally Lamb
Image
What if I don’t like adventure? Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.
Wally Lamb
Image
All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.
Wally Lamb
Image
So many bad things have happened to them that they can't trust the good things. They have to shove them away before someone can get it back.
Wally Lamb
Image
If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.
Wally Lamb
Image
People waste their happiness - that's what makes me sad. Everyone's so scared to be happy.
Wally Lamb
Image
The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
Wally Lamb
Image
The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.
Wally Lamb
Image
I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better what should I cut out to make it stronger what do I need to do to clarify it and finally, what should I reposition.
Wally Lamb
Image
I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.
Wally Lamb
Image
I need to get lost and sometimes my characters lead me to places I don't expect to go.
Wally Lamb
Image
I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.
Wally Lamb
Image
I love the most the students with troubled lives.
Wally Lamb
Image
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.
Wally Lamb
Image
Connecticut is in my blood.
Wally Lamb