--- title: "9 Broken Quotes By Anne Lamott" description: "9 Broken quotes by Anne Lamott. Plus more from Anne Lamott and more Broken sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anne-lamott-188_broken_my-heart-was-broken-and-my-head-was-just_212122.png" --- > [My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/my-heart-was-broken-and-my-head-was-just-barely-inhabitable/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anne-lamott-188_broken_my-heart-was-broken-and-my-head-was-just_212122.png) > [Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and-scared/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/anne-lamott-188_broken_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_675806.png) > [Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/frequently-as-so-many-poets-and-psalmists-and-songwriters-have-said/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/anne-lamott-188_broken_frequently-as-so-many-poets-and-psalmist_1416867.png) > [Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and-scared-even-the-people-who-2/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/anne-lamott-188_broken_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_2344838.png) > [“Holiness has most often been revealed to me in the exquisite pun of the first syllable, in holes- in not enough help,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/holiness-has-most-often-been-revealed-to-me-in-the-exquisite-pun-of/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/anne-lamott-188_broken_holiness-has-most-often-been-revealed-to_929890.jpg) > [Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/prayer-is-talking-to-something-or-anything-with-which-we-seek-union/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/anne-lamott-188_against-all-odds_prayer-is-talking-to-something-or-anythi_1588342.png) > [Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and-scared-even-the-people-who/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/anne-lamott-188_believe_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_1763245.png) > [I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-don-t-know-why-life-isn-t-constructed-to-be-seamless-and-safe-why/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/anne-lamott-188_broken_i-don-t-know-why-life-isn-t-constructed_1796330.jpg) > [You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-will-lose-someone-you-can-t-live-without-and-your-heart-will-be/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/anne-lamott-188_bad-news_you-will-lose-someone-you-can-t-live-wit_1915483.jpg) ## Other authors on Broken ## More by Anne Lamott > [What an incredible drug fear is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/what-an-incredible-drug-fear-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-guess-he-ll-have-to-figure-out-someday-that-he-is-supposed-to-have/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [It's funny where we look for salvation, and where we actually find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/it-s-funny-where-we-look-for-salvation-and-where-we-actually-find-it/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/why-couldn-t-jesus-command-us-to-obsess-over-everything-to-try-to/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/publication-is-not-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be-but-writing-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/your-problem-is-how-you-are-going-to-spend-this-one-odd-and-precious/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/and-yet-i-do-believe-there-is-ultimately-meaning-in-the-chaos-and/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Raising a child, whether or not it is yours, is like Nautilus of the heart and soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/raising-a-child-whether-or-not-it-is-yours-is-like-nautilus-of-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-heard-a-preacher-say-recently-that-hope-is-a-revolutionary-patience/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-think-perfectionism-is-based-on-the-obsessive-belief-that-if-you/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [All criticism hurts me. I'm so in the wrong business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/all-criticism-hurts-me-i-m-so-in-the-wrong-business/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/we-are-going-to-die-as-is-everyone-we-adore-i-hate-this-but-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You will go through your life thinking there was a day in second grade that you must have missed, when the grown-ups came in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-will-go-through-your-life-thinking-there-was-a-day-in-second/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You begin to string words together like beads to tell a story. You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-begin-to-string-words-together-like-beads-to-tell-a-story-you-are/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You lose the known package of your nice organized self almost instantly here. Overeating is one way back, the way it is at funerals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-lose-the-known-package-of-your-nice-organized-self-almost/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broken/anne-lamott/#itemlist", "name": "9 Broken Quotes By Anne Lamott", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Lamott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/my-heart-was-broken-and-my-head-was-just-barely-inhabitable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anne-lamott-188_broken_my-heart-was-broken-and-my-head-was-just_212122.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anne-lamott-188_broken_my-heart-was-broken-and-my-head-was-just_212122.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anne-lamott-188_broken_my-heart-was-broken-and-my-head-was-just_212122.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable” — Anne Lamott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Lamott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and-scared/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/anne-lamott-188_broken_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_675806.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/anne-lamott-188_broken_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_675806.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/anne-lamott-188_broken_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_675806.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared” — Anne Lamott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Lamott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/frequently-as-so-many-poets-and-psalmists-and-songwriters-have-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/anne-lamott-188_broken_frequently-as-so-many-poets-and-psalmist_1416867.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/anne-lamott-188_broken_frequently-as-so-many-poets-and-psalmist_1416867.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/anne-lamott-188_broken_frequently-as-so-many-poets-and-psalmist_1416867.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through…” — Anne Lamott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Lamott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and-scared-even-the-people-who-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/anne-lamott-188_broken_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_2344838.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/anne-lamott-188_broken_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_2344838.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/anne-lamott-188_broken_everyone-is-screwed-up-broken-clingy-and_2344838.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together.” — Anne Lamott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Holiness has most often been revealed to me in the exquisite pun of the first syllable, in holes- in not enough help, in brokenness, mess. 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