“And because she did not shove this down my throat, this dawned on me.” — Anne Lamott Dawned Copy Share Image
“It is funny how no one seems to want my always excellent advice.” — Anne Lamott Advice Copy Share Image
If you have a problem you can solve by throwing money at it, you don't have a very interesting problem. — Anne Lamott Ifs Copy Share Image
This business of having been issued a body is deeply confusing... Bodies are so messy and disappointing. — Anne Lamott Bodies Copy Share Image
I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this. — Anne Lamott Drink Copy Share Image
“You lose the known package of your nice organized self almost instantly here. Overeating is one way back, the way it is… — Anne Lamott Overeating Copy Share Image
...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind. — Anne Lamott Heal Copy Share Image
“She said to go ahead and feel the feelings. I did. They felt like shit.” — Anne Lamott Feelings Copy Share Image
I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae. — Anne Lamott Folk music Copy Share Image
I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties. — Anne Lamott Close Copy Share Image
A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out,… — Anne Lamott Baby Copy Share Image
He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light… — Anne Lamott Light Copy Share Image
“In many spiritual and wisdom paths, it is written that God created us to have company and to be God’s loving eyes… — Anne Lamott Created Copy Share Image
“I know God enjoys hearing my take on how best we should all proceed, as I'm always full of useful advice. I'm… — Anne Lamott God Says Copy Share Image
“Pope Francis says the name of God is mercy. Our name was mercy, too, until we put it away to become more… — Anne Lamott Compassion 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 Book Copy Share Image
“You weren't born a person of cringe and contraction. You were born as energy, as life, made of the same stuff as… — Anne Lamott Life Copy Share Image
Now, if you ask me, what’s going on is that we’re all up to here in it, and probably the most important… — Anne Lamott Ask me Copy Share Image
Now. Maybe you think it is arrogant or self centered, or ridiculous for me to believe that God bothered to wiggle a… — Anne Lamott Arrogant Copy Share Image
Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and… — Anne Lamott Animation Copy Share Image
“Having a great narrator is like having a great friend whose company you love, whose mind you love to pick, whose running… — Anne Lamott Business Copy Share Image
And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may… — Anne Lamott Dark Copy Share Image
Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring… — Anne Lamott Ability Copy Share Image
“Sue had been told that tumors had developed in her liver and lungs. She had been in a deep depression for a… — Anne Lamott Christianity Copy Share Image
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something-anything-down on paper. A friend… — Anne Lamott Checks Copy Share Image
The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about… — Anne Lamott Figures Copy Share Image
