Quotes From "The Hour I First Believed" By Wally Lamb

A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her...
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A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity. Wally Lamb
Look, don't just stare at the pages,
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Look, don't just stare at the pages, " I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book. Wally Lamb
So many bad things have happened to them that they...
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So many bad things have happened to them that they can't trust the good things. They have to shove them away before someone can get it back. Wally Lamb
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[Writing about themselves] gives them wings, so that they can rise above the confounding maze of their lives and, from that perspective, begin to see the patterns and dead ends of their pasts, and a way out. That's the funny thing about mazes; what's baffling on the ground begins to make sense when you can begin to rise above it, the better to understand your history and fix yourself. Wally Lamb
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The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs. Wally Lamb