Wally Lamb citations

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“That's the trouble with survival of the fittest, isn't it, Dominick? The corpse at your feet. That little inconvenience.”

“Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.”

“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…”

“Who gets the change?" the clerk asked. "You or… your fella?"
Oh, he's not my boyfriend," I said. "He's my mother.”

“If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy.”

“High School is like a sickness, but trust me, soon the fever breaks and you get over it." ~She's Come Undone”

“If I could just write it down in a piece of paper, then maybe she could get a decent night's sleep, eat a little of her dinner. Maybe she could have a minute's worth of peace.”