I've heard that our greatest cross to carry is ourselves - how gravely we fall short. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Pastor Veronica told the story of a sparrow lying in the street with its legs straight up in the air, straining. a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You fall so deeply in love with your grandbaby. It's so so so much easier than being a parent, because you really… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Get to know your characters as well as you can let there be something at stake, and then let the chips fall… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
So what are we supposed to do again, when we hate everything? You stop pretending life is such fun or makes sense.… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Do you mind even a little that you are still addicted to people-pleasing, and are still putting everyone else’s needs and laundry… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Spring is sweet, the baby season; summer is the teenage season -- too much energy, too much growth and beauty and heat… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt,… — 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
