“in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent.” — Anne Lamott Education Copy Share Image
Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity. — Anne Lamott Equanimity Copy Share Image
“And because she did not shove this down my throat, this dawned on me.” — Anne Lamott Dawned Copy Share Image
If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching. — Anne Lamott Big picture Copy Share Image
Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none… — Anne Lamott Book Copy Share Image
“By the end I was deteriorating faster than I could lower my standards.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life. — Anne Lamott Enemy Copy Share Image
Grace means you're in a different universe from where you had been stuck, when you had absolutely no way to get there… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I just gave up one day. Around the time the news about toxic shock came out. I thought, Fuck me, man, I… — Anne Lamott Fear of death 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
Try to write in a directly emotional way, instead of being too subtle or oblique. Don't be afraid of your material or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“a subterranean murmur. It may sound like one of the many separate voices that make up the sounds of a creek. Or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Honesty is not necessarily interesting. I don't want to hear about your dreams or your acid trips, probably unless you make them… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Honey,"..."you'll never draw another calm breath as long as you live. That blissful amniotic unconcerned state of people without children is a… — Anne Lamott Breath Copy Share Image
“I carry a secret sense of accomplishment around with me, like a radium pack implanted near my heart that now leaches a… — Anne Lamott Sense of accomplishment Copy Share Image
I am the woman I grew to be partly in spite of my mother, and partly because of the extraordinary love of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“What if Sam's heart got broken again? As with most kids who are fourteen, it has been spackled and duct-taped and caulked… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
All I know is that after 10 years of being sober, with huge support to express my pain and anger and shadow,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“P 264: Elizabeth talking to Rosie re Sharon leaving--"Try to be a good sport, baby. Sharon feels as bad as you do.… — Anne Lamott 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
![“What if Sam's heart got broken again? As with most kids who are fourteen, it has been spackled and duct-taped and caulked back together many times as it is. [p. 258]” quote by Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1f1/anne-lamott-188_broken-heart_what-if-sam-s-heart-got-broken-again-as_1685461.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)
![“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)
