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Connecticut is in my blood.
Wally Lamb
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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
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Norwich
Connecticut
Connecticut
Blood
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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.
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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.
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I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept any reaction and hope they think it is worth reading.
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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.
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I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
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Only there's two sides to every story, you know. You just remember that.
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Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.
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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.
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I think... the secret is to just settle for the shape of your life takes...Instead of you know, always waiting and wishing for what might make you happy.
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I am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going.
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I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.
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Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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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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When I was a kid... I needed to belong.
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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.
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