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I need to get lost and sometimes my characters lead me to places I don't expect to go.

Wally Lamb

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
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Characters
Lead
Lost
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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...
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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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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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Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.
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I usually learn more from the situations I hate than the ones I love.
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