What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you. — Anne Lamott Difference Copy Share Image
The difference between you and God is that God doesn't think He's you. — Anne Lamott Difference Copy Share Image
I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God. — Anne Lamott Bible Copy Share Image
If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I think drugs are part of the magical possibilities of youth and I wouldn't be here if I had continued with it. — Anne Lamott Drug Copy Share Image
I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“We think that if our values aren’t the correct ones, we would have other ones, which would then be the correct ones.” — Anne Lamott Values Copy Share Image
My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. — Anne Lamott Father Copy Share Image
Write regularly, whether you feel like writing or not, and whether you think what you're writing is any good or not. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people… — Anne Lamott God Copy Share Image
Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“San Quentin’s is the safest beach in the world. We’re not talking about lifeguards here who might yell at someone who’s being… — Anne Lamott Armed guards Copy Share Image
...one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret… — Anne Lamott Being a parent Copy Share Image
This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough,… — Anne Lamott Art Copy Share Image
This is the Easter message, that awakening is possible, to the goodness of God, the sacredness of human life, the sisterhood and… — Anne Lamott Awakening Copy Share Image
My main problem is that over and over again, I try to get all my characters to say stuff that I think… — Anne Lamott Character Copy Share Image
I was usually filled with a sense of something like shame until I'd remember that wonderful line of Blake's- that we are… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The best way to get quiet, other than the combination of extensive therapy, Prozac, and a lobotomy, is first to notice that… — Anne Lamott Mental health Copy Share Image
“You will go through your life thinking there was a day in second grade that you must have missed, when the grown-ups… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
“writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. that thing you had to force yourself to do--the… — Anne Lamott Tea ceremony Copy Share Image
“...I believe that when all si said and done, all you can do is to show up for someone in crisis, which… — Anne Lamott Crisis Copy Share Image
“No one has expressed it better than a great novelist I heard once on a talk show who said something like "You… — Anne Lamott Novelist Copy Share Image
“I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual… — Anne Lamott Awesome Copy Share Image
“It made no sense that Abraham could head for the mountain in Moriah still believing in God's goodness. It made no sense… — Anne Lamott Abraham Copy Share Image
“Nell's husband has short-man syndrome. Eddie is one of those deadly dull people who is so upbeat that I suspect he would… — Anne Lamott Computers Copy Share Image
![“The best way to get quiet, other than the combination of extensive therapy, Prozac, and a lobotomy, is first to notice that the station is on. KFKD [K-Fucked] is on every single morning when I sit down at my desk. So I sit for a moment and then say a small prayer--please help me get out of the way…” quote by Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bbf/anne-lamott-188_mental-health_the-best-way-to-get-quiet-other-than-the_539826.png)
![“...I believe that when all si said and done, all you can do is to show up for someone in crisis, which seems so inadequate. But then when you do, it can radically change everything. Your there-ness, your stepping into a scared [person's] line of vision, can be life giving, because often everyone…” quote by Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/449/anne-lamott-188_crisis_i-believe-that-when-all-si-said-and-done_1091823.png)
