“...why do we make it all seem like a crisis, over and over again? Why do we worry it all to death,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“While it is hard to fathom who we are and how we are to live when public chaos shatters our routine, the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Life is really pretty tricky, and there's a lot of loss, and the longer you stay alive, the more people you lose… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Grief ends up giving you the two best things: softness and illumination.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“You begin to cry and writhe and yell and then to keep on crying; and finally, grief ends up giving you the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
What if we never 'get over' certain deaths, or our childhoods? What if the idea that we should have by now, or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“we all wanted this because let's face it, it's so inspiring and such a relief when people find a way to bear… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My best teachers were mess, failure, death, mistakes, and the people I hated, including myself. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“But you are not your bank account, or your ambition. You're not the cold clay lump you leave behind when you die.… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Some of us have a ragged faith. You cry for a long time, and then after that are defeated and flattened for… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I was terrified of death by the time I was three or four, actively if not lucidly. I had frequent nightmares about… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My deepest belief is that to live as if we're dying can set us free. Dying people teach you to pay attention… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My idea of everything going smoothly on an airplane is (a) that I not die in a slow-motion fiery crash or get… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Most humbling of all is to comprehend the lifesaving gift that your pit crew of people has been for you, and all… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When nothing new can get… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It's funny where we look for salvation, and where we actually find it. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Raising a child, whether or not it is yours, is like Nautilus of the heart and soul. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“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… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
