Wally World Quotes & Sayings

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth. — Wally Lamb

The World is a very old place, so you'll never be able to tell a completely original story — Wally Lamb

Well, get used to it, the whole world is nuts. — Wally Lamb

Once you left Easterly, you saw the world was full of these people: ticket sellers, snack bar clerks. They assumed they were better than you just because they knew their own routines. — Wally Lamb

The world is made of stairs; some go up and some go down. . . . — Wally Lamb

The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist. — Wally Lamb

Just as all the world loves a lover, it has been my experience that all the world loves a trailerite. — Wally Byam

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

You see, everyone thinks they're too good for day-old pastry, like one-third off is charity or something. The world is full of snobs. Snobs and slobs. I ought to write a book. — Wally Lamb

Do you have children, Dominick?"
"Nope."
"Well if you did," she said, "you would most likely read them not only Curious George but also fables and fairy tales. Stories where humans outsmart witches, where giants and ogres are felled and good triumphs over evil. Your parents read them to you and your brother. Did they not?"
"My mother did," I said.
"Of course she did. It is the way we teach our children to cope with a world too large and chaotic for them to comprehend. A world that seems, at times, too random. Too indifferent. Of course, the religions of the world will do the same for you, whether you're a Hindu or a Christian or a Rosicrucian. They're brother and sister, really; children's fables and religious parables ... — Wally Lamb

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

These inbred pinheads are the only people you could find in the world to agree with your philosophies. (In reference to Wally George's largely redneck audience.) — Nikolas Schreck

It was a matter of perspective, I began to see.
The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist.
Dolores Price — Wally Lamb