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Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.
Wally Lamb
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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
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Norwich
Connecticut
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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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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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What if I don’t like adventure? Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.
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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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I'm a very rooted person. I grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, I still live in Connecticut.
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