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> [“And in taking on the subject of themselves-making themselves vulnerable to the unseen reader-they have exchanged powerlessness for for the power that comes with self-awareness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/and-in-taking-on-the-subject-of-themselves-making-themselves/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

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> [“It's like there's this wave coming toward me, but there's nothing I can do about it. And then it reaches me, crashes over me and...and I'm done for another day. I just give up. Give in to it. Because how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/it-s-like-there-s-this-wave-coming-toward-me-but-there-s-nothing-i/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

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## Other authors on Powerlessness

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-warren-farrell-94555.jpg) Warren Farrell 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/powerlessness/warren-farrell/)

## More by Wally Lamb

> [“Sometimes we want something to be true so badly that we convince ourselves that it is true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/sometimes-we-want-something-to-be-true-so-badly-that-we-convince/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/i-like-to-write-first-person-because-i-like-to-become-the-character-i/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/but-i-think-this-that-whatever-prices-i-ve-paid-whatever-sorrows-i/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [“why would white dudes want to change things when they held all the cards?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/why-would-white-dudes-want-to-change-things-when-they-held-all-the/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [“And in taking on the subject of themselves-making themselves vulnerable to the unseen reader-they have exchanged powerlessness for for the power that comes with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/and-in-taking-on-the-subject-of-themselves-making-themselves/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [“People had always amazed him, he began. But they amazed him more since the sickness. For as long as the two of them had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/people-had-always-amazed-him-he-began-but-they-amazed-him-more-since/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [“So I got my stuff and the girl at the register puts these other things in my bag, too. Little free samples: gum and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/so-i-got-my-stuff-and-the-girl-at-the-register-puts-these-other/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [What if I don’t like adventure? Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/what-if-i-don-t-like-adventure-then-cultivate-a-taste-for-it-take-a/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [“Guess what?' I said. 'I have a psychic.' His head tilted questioningly, birdlike. A sidekick?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/guess-what-i-said-i-have-a-psychic-his-head-tilted-questioningly/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [The evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/the-evidence-of-god-exists-in-the-roundness-of-things/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/life-is-a-whoopee-cushion-a-chair-pulled-away-just-as-you-were-taking/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [“What I remembered about those seesaw rides was the way Thomas would get mad at me, midride, and evacuate. Send me crashing back down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/what-i-remembered-about-those-seesaw-rides-was-the-way-thomas-would/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [“I didn't respond to him. Couldn't speak at all. Couldn't look at his self-mutilation--not even the clean, bandaged version of it. Instead, I looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/i-didn-t-respond-to-him-couldn-t-speak-at-all-couldn-t-look-at-his/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/i-write-to-find-out-what-the-story-means-to-me-that-is-what-i-try-to/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

> [“As anxious and limited as that love might have been, it had been love nonetheless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/as-anxious-and-limited-as-that-love-might-have-been-it-had-been-love/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

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