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title: "11 Crazy Quotes By Anne Lamott"
description: "11 Crazy quotes by Anne Lamott. Plus more from Anne Lamott and more Crazy sayings from other authors."
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> [If God was giving me a ham, I'd be crazy not to receive it. Maybe it was the ham of God, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/if-god-was-giving-me-a-ham-i-d-be-crazy-not-to-receive-it-maybe-it/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [I am learning slowly to bring my crazy pinball-machine mind back to this place...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-am-learning-slowly-to-bring-my-crazy-pinball-machine-mind-back-to/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [It was not facing what life dealt that made you crazy, but rather trying to set life straight where it was unstraightenable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/it-was-not-facing-what-life-dealt-that-made-you-crazy-but-rather/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [I think we're all pretty crazy on this bus. I'm not sure I know anyone who's got all the dots on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-think-we-re-all-pretty-crazy-on-this-bus-i-m-not-sure-i-know-anyone/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [I do know the sorrow of being ordinary, and that much of our life is spent doing the crazy mental arithmetic of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-do-know-the-sorrow-of-being-ordinary-and-that-much-of-our-life-is/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [God sent Jesus to join the human experience, which means to make a lot of mistakes. Jesus didn't arrive here knowing how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/god-sent-jesus-to-join-the-human-experience-which-means-to-make-a-lot/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [You were loved because God loves, period. God loved you, and everyone, not because you believed in certain things, but because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-were-loved-because-god-loves-period-god-loved-you-and-everyone/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [When what we see catches us off guard, and when we write it as realistically and openly as possible, it offers hope.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/when-what-we-see-catches-us-off-guard-and-when-we-write-it-as/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [I have a terrible time during elections. I am way too politically involved. I absolutely never argue politics with anyone, as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-have-a-terrible-time-during-elections-i-am-way-too-politically/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/left-to-my-own-devices-would-i-trade-this-for-firm-thighs-fewer/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/let-s-think-of-reverence-as-awe-as-presence-in-and-openness-to-the/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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## Other authors on Crazy

## 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/)

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