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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

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Seek
Singular
Alone
Saves
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Included
Living
Identical
Facts
Twins
Others
Ironic
Things
Connection
Connections

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