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Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Seats
Taking
Away
Cushion
Life
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Pulled
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I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
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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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