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Wally Lamb quotes: There was no shorthand for "I'm sorry." You were obliged to speak those two words. There was no shorthand for "I'm sorry." You were obliged to speak those two words.
Wally Lamb quotes: I wasn't a cynic; I was a banged-up realist. I wasn't a cynic; I was a banged-up realist.
Wally Lamb quotes: Only there's two sides to every story, you know. You just remember that. Only there's two sides to every story, you know. You just remember that.
Wally Lamb quotes: It is important for children to learn that they are the sum of those who have come before them. It is important for children to learn that they are the sum of those who have come before them.
Wally Lamb quotes: That's the problem with survival of the fittest ... the corpse at your fett. That little inconvenience. That's the problem with survival of the fittest ... the corpse at your fett. That little inconvenience.
Wally Lamb quotes: I celebrate art that shakes complacency by the shoulders and shouts, 'Wake up! I celebrate art that shakes complacency by the shoulders and shouts, 'Wake up!
Wally Lamb quotes: Who gets the change?" the clerk asked. "You or ... your fella?"Oh, he's not my boyfriend," I said. "He's my mother. Who gets the change?" the clerk asked. "You or ... your fella?"
Oh, he's not my boyfriend," I said. "He's my mother.
Wally Lamb quotes: Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out. Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.
Wally Lamb quotes: It is the firstborn's burden to unravel the knots that younger brothers make. It is the firstborn's burden to unravel the knots that younger brothers make.
Wally Lamb quotes: Well, get used to it, the whole world is nuts. Well, get used to it, the whole world is nuts.
Wally Lamb quotes: Love stories are probably all I've ever been able to write or want to write. Love stories are probably all I've ever been able to write or want to write.
Wally Lamb quotes: Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words. Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
Wally Lamb quotes: I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt. I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.
Wally Lamb quotes: Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed. Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.
Wally Lamb quotes: What if I don't like adventure?Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That's how you grow. What if I don't like adventure?
Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That's how you grow.
Wally Lamb quotes: Explosive bifurcation is the sudden transition that wrenches the system out of one order, and into another. Explosive bifurcation is the sudden transition that wrenches the system out of one order, and into another.
Wally Lamb quotes: She's got a certain feisty charm for a racist. Not to mention all those great dead-animal stories. She's got a certain feisty charm for a racist. Not to mention all those great dead-animal stories.
Wally Lamb quotes: Maybe that's what love is. Having someone who guides you through different experiences, coaxes you to try news things but still makes you feel safe. Maybe that's what love is. Having someone who guides you through different experiences, coaxes you to try news things but still makes you feel safe.
Wally Lamb quotes: Just don't ever let it happen to you, Dolores. Let people just shit all over you. Don't you ever become some man's personal toilet that way I did. Just don't ever let it happen to you, Dolores. Let people just shit all over you. Don't you ever become some man's personal toilet that way I did.
Wally Lamb quotes: What fools men are, and what an evil thing is war. What fools men are, and what an evil thing is war.
Wally Lamb quotes: You were the same person, no matter what state you happened to be stuck breathing in. You were the same person, no matter what state you happened to be stuck breathing in.
Wally Lamb quotes: "I love you" was just three meaningless words without the actions that went with them "I love you" was just three meaningless words without the actions that went with them
Wally Lamb quotes: Guess what?' I said. 'I have a psychic.'His head tilted questioningly, birdlike.A sidekick? Guess what?' I said. 'I have a psychic.'
His head tilted questioningly, birdlike.
A sidekick?
Wally Lamb quotes: You orchestrate happiness, Dolores - you work at it. You don't catch it as it hurls toward you like a football You orchestrate happiness, Dolores - you work at it. You don't catch it as it hurls toward you like a football
Wally Lamb quotes: Bless me, Father, for I have sinned," I repeated. "But never as much as I have been sinned against! Bless me, Father, for I have sinned," I repeated. "But never as much as I have been sinned against!
Wally Lamb quotes: why would white dudes want to change things when they held all the cards? why would white dudes want to change things when they held all the cards?
Wally Lamb quotes: Cucinala come vuoi, ma sempre cocuzza el...Cook squash anyway you like, but it's still squash. Cucinala come vuoi, ma sempre cocuzza el...Cook squash anyway you like, but it's still squash.
Wally Lamb quotes: I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet. I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.
Wally Lamb quotes: I'm not supposed to need fixing; I'm the strong one - the lookout. I'm not supposed to need fixing; I'm the strong one - the lookout.
Wally Lamb quotes: When I was a kid ... I needed to belong. When I was a kid ... I needed to belong.
Wally Lamb quotes: I usually learn more from the situations I hate than the ones I love. I usually learn more from the situations I hate than the ones I love.
Wally Lamb quotes: As anxious and limited as that love might have been, it had been love nonetheless. As anxious and limited as that love might have been, it had been love nonetheless.
Wally Lamb quotes: That's the trouble with survival of the fittest, isn't it, Dominick? The corpse at your feet. That little inconvenience. That's the trouble with survival of the fittest, isn't it, Dominick? The corpse at your feet. That little inconvenience.
Wally Lamb quotes: Sometimes we want something to be true so badly that we convince ourselves that it is true. Sometimes we want something to be true so badly that we convince ourselves that it is true.
Wally Lamb quotes: The hair on your head affects people and is a testament to the world about who you are.- Bonnie Foreshaw (Tabatha Rowley's story) The hair on your head affects people and is a testament to the world about who you are.
- Bonnie Foreshaw (Tabatha Rowley's story)
Wally Lamb quotes: If you want people to flock to art, lure them with pancakes. If you want people to flock to art, lure them with pancakes.
Wally Lamb quotes: Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat. Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.
Wally Lamb quotes: He said he wanted a Happy Meal. He said he wanted a Happy Meal.
Wally Lamb quotes: Our ancestors move along with us, in underground rivers and springs too deep for chaos to reach. Our ancestors move along with us, in underground rivers and springs too deep for chaos to reach.
Wally Lamb quotes: I pulled my hand away. It felt numb and oversized, a paw. I pulled my hand away. It felt numb and oversized, a paw.
Wally Lamb quotes: I understand there was some controversy about the coroner's ruling concerning Josephus Jones's I understand there was some controversy about the coroner's ruling concerning Josephus Jones's
Wally Lamb quotes: Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes. Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.
Wally Lamb quotes: If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy. If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy.
Wally Lamb quotes: My memory of that day is like television itself, sharp and clear but unreliable. My memory of that day is like television itself, sharp and clear but unreliable.
Wally Lamb quotes: Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference. Viveca comes downstairs first and heads into the Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference. Viveca comes downstairs first and heads into the
Wally Lamb quotes: Life's a shit sandwich, my ass. Life's a polka and don't you forget it! Life's a shit sandwich, my ass. Life's a polka and don't you forget it!
Wally Lamb quotes: This was what could happen to you: you could end up this far from where you thought you were going. This was what could happen to you: you could end up this far from where you thought you were going.
Wally Lamb quotes: Vicarious traumatization. It can happen to those who bear secondary witness to the traumas of others. Vicarious traumatization. It can happen to those who bear secondary witness to the traumas of others.
Wally Lamb quotes: You are a steward of the pain and injustices people have visited upon you. Or, if you prefer we could call you a scrupulous coroner. You are a steward of the pain and injustices people have visited upon you. Or, if you prefer we could call you a scrupulous coroner.
Wally Lamb quotes: The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves. The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
Wally Lamb quotes: Joined together, they made a kind of centaur - half bastard, half bitch. Dottie would have laughed out loud at that. Joined together, they made a kind of centaur - half bastard, half bitch. Dottie would have laughed out loud at that.
Wally Lamb quotes: Blood banged inside my head. I loved my brother. I hated him. There was no solution to who he was. No getting back who he had been. Blood banged inside my head. I loved my brother. I hated him. There was no solution to who he was. No getting back who he had been.
Wally Lamb quotes: This is where the pot is strongest now: at the place where it had been broken. This is where the pot is strongest now: at the place where it had been broken.
Wally Lamb quotes: Is that what love is all about? Needing them to come back to you when they're away? To come home and keep you safe? Is that what love is all about? Needing them to come back to you when they're away? To come home and keep you safe?
Wally Lamb quotes: Life is messy, violent, confusing, and hopeful. Life is messy, violent, confusing, and hopeful.
Wally Lamb quotes: If he wanted to pray, she told him, he should go to a church, not the library. If he wanted to pray, she told him, he should go to a church, not the library.
Wally Lamb quotes: Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone. That Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone. That
Wally Lamb quotes: Here is a girl who is pretty in a quiet way. I bet she's had a very sad life. Here is a girl who is pretty in a quiet way. I bet she's had a very sad life.
Wally Lamb quotes: Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course. Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
Wally Lamb quotes: I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life. I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
Wally Lamb quotes: Faith doesn't give warranties. Faith doesn't give warranties.
Wally Lamb quotes: Her shut-eyed smile transformed itself into something else: the smile of someone brave and knowing, someone whose pain had made her wise. Her shut-eyed smile transformed itself into something else: the smile of someone brave and knowing, someone whose pain had made her wise.
Wally Lamb quotes: A purple African violet so lush and fleshy it looked edible ... his fingers as cool and smooth as beach stones. A purple African violet so lush and fleshy it looked edible ... his fingers as cool and smooth as beach stones.
Wally Lamb quotes: When you deserved it, even the mail could rape you. When you deserved it, even the mail could rape you.
Wally Lamb quotes: One thing I've learned in my program is that guilt is a wasted emotion, you know? Look back on the past but don't stare. One thing I've learned in my program is that guilt is a wasted emotion, you know? Look back on the past but don't stare.
Wally Lamb quotes: The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist. The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist.
Wally Lamb quotes: America's been living on borrowed time all these years ... Playing the world's whore, wallowing in our greed. Now we're going to pay the price. America's been living on borrowed time all these years ... Playing the world's whore, wallowing in our greed. Now we're going to pay the price.
Wally Lamb quotes: People walk in the door because they need you to take care of them to feed them or fix them. People walk in the door because they need you to take care of them
to feed them or fix them.
Wally Lamb quotes: Don't write stories for teenagers or any other group," she advised. "Write them for yourself and let the audience that needs them find them. Don't write stories for teenagers or any other group," she advised. "Write them for yourself and let the audience that needs them find them.
Wally Lamb quotes: The greatest griefs are silent. The greatest griefs are silent.
Wally Lamb quotes: Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths. Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.
Wally Lamb quotes: You know what 'Dolores' means? It's Latin, means sadness. Our Lady of Sorrow. Why are you so sad? You know what 'Dolores' means? It's Latin, means sadness. Our Lady of Sorrow. Why are you so sad?
Wally Lamb quotes: Sometimes the closer we got to a situation, the less clear it looked. Sometimes the closer we got to a situation, the less clear it looked.
Wally Lamb quotes: God, that's always the thing you have to decide with high school kids: what to make an issue of, what to let go. God, that's always the thing you have to decide with high school kids: what to make an issue of, what to let go.
Wally Lamb quotes: He's splitting me open, I thought. He'll break me and then I'll die. He's splitting me open, I thought. He'll break me and then I'll die.
Wally Lamb quotes: But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears? But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?
Wally Lamb quotes: Depression was, in some ways, a crisis of energy. I had heard her say that before; we were in reruns. Depression was, in some ways, a crisis of energy. I had heard her say that before; we were in reruns.
Wally Lamb quotes: Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book. Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book.
Wally Lamb quotes: You're just catching me during one of my fallow periods, that's all. One of my compost years. I'm expecting a creative leap pretty soon now. You're just catching me during one of my fallow periods, that's all. One of my compost years. I'm expecting a creative leap pretty soon now.
Wally Lamb quotes: We'd all be a bunch of geniuses if we had hindsight ahead of time. We'd all be a bunch of geniuses if we had hindsight ahead of time.
Wally Lamb quotes: I ask you for the time of day, you tell me how to build a clock! I ask you for the time of day, you tell me how to build a clock!
Wally Lamb quotes: Jack Speight undid me, then I almost undid myself. But I've undone some of the bad, too, some of the damage. With help. With luck and love. Jack Speight undid me, then I almost undid myself. But I've undone some of the bad, too, some of the damage. With help. With luck and love.
Wally Lamb quotes: Mine is a story of craving.Each memory makes me a child again. Mine is a story of craving.
Each memory makes me a child again.
Wally Lamb quotes: The key to peace within my soul, he said, was to cast aside my bitterness and resentment. The key to peace within my soul, he said, was to cast aside my bitterness and resentment.
Wally Lamb quotes: People are not like Tupperware, with their lids on securely. People are not like Tupperware, with their lids on securely.
Wally Lamb quotes: Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things. Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.
Wally Lamb quotes: Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love. Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.
Wally Lamb quotes: You sit around feelin' sorry for yourself and you're dead. Sittin' on your ass can get to be a disease worse than what you got. You sit around feelin' sorry for yourself and you're dead. Sittin' on your ass can get to be a disease worse than what you got.
Wally Lamb quotes: Father's command is a son's law! Father's command is a son's law!
Wally Lamb quotes: The World is a very old place, so you'll never be able to tell a completely original story The World is a very old place, so you'll never be able to tell a completely original story
Wally Lamb quotes: He was right. And he was an insensitive shit. He was right. And he was an insensitive shit.
Wally Lamb quotes: Sometimes when you go looking for what you want, you run right into what you need. Sometimes when you go looking for what you want, you run right into what you need.
Wally Lamb quotes: If your twin was dead, were you still a twin? If your twin was dead, were you still a twin?
Wally Lamb quotes: She preferred to get high on life. She preferred to get high on life.
Wally Lamb quotes: The world is made of stairs; some go up and some go down. . . . The world is made of stairs; some go up and some go down. . . .
Wally Lamb quotes: And would you three like peanuts, pretzels, or Biscoff cookies with those? And would you three like peanuts, pretzels, or Biscoff cookies with those?
Wally Lamb quotes: So maybe that's what love means. Having the capacity to forgive the one who wronged you, no matter how deep the hurt was. So maybe that's what love means. Having the capacity to forgive the one who wronged you, no matter how deep the hurt was.
Wally Lamb quotes: I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read. I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
Wally Lamb quotes: The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs. The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.
Wally Lamb quotes: That melting pot stuff was always more about what this country wanted to believe about itself than the way people really felt. That melting pot stuff was always more about what this country wanted to believe about itself than the way people really felt.

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