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If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Risked
Repressed
Ended
Wherever
Unhappy
Took
Wanted
Love

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