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Life Quote by Wally Lamb

“Life is not a series of isolated ponds and puddles; life is this river you see below, before you. It flows from the past through the present on its way to the future.” quote by Wally Lamb — Download Open image

““Life is not a series of isolated ponds and puddles; life is this river you see below, before you. It flows from the past through the present on its way to the future.””

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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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“Guess what?' I said. 'I have a psychic.' His head tilted questioningly, birdlike. A sidekick?”

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The evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.

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Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.

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