only grieving can heal grief; the passage of time will lessen the acuteness, but time alone, without the direct experience of grief,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you… — 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
...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 Copy Share Image
We all have the dark, ignorant shadow inside us. I have worked endlessly to reveal it and heal it in me, but… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
All those years I fell for the great palace lie that grief should be gotten over as quickly as possible and as… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The women's movement burst forth when I was fifteen. That was when I began to believe that life might semi-work out after… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“To heal, it seems we have to stand in the middle of the horror, at the foot of the cross, and wait… — 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
