--- title: "9 Heal Quotes By Anne Lamott" description: "9 Heal quotes by Anne Lamott. Plus more from Anne Lamott and more Heal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/anne-lamott-188_blades_love-falls-to-earth-rises-from-the-groun_1136598.png" --- > [Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/love-falls-to-earth-rises-from-the-ground-pools-around-the-afflicted/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/anne-lamott-188_blades_love-falls-to-earth-rises-from-the-groun_1136598.png) > [...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/since-you-can-t-heal-your-own-sick-mind-with-your-own-sick-mind-i/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/anne-lamott-188_heal_since-you-can-t-heal-your-own-sick-mind_357356.png) > [Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/nothing-heals-us-like-letting-people-know-our-scariest-parts-when/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/anne-lamott-188_baby_nothing-heals-us-like-letting-people-kno_2307281.jpg) > [only grieving can heal grief; the passage of time will lessen the acuteness, but time alone, without the direct experience of grief,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/only-grieving-can-heal-grief-the-passage-of-time-will-lessen-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/anne-lamott-188_alone-time_only-grieving-can-heal-grief-the-passage_356216.png) > [All those years I fell for the great palace lie that grief should be gotten over as quickly as possible and as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/all-those-years-i-fell-for-the-great-palace-lie-that-grief-should-be/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/anne-lamott-188_alone-time_all-those-years-i-fell-for-the-great-pal_466929.jpg) > [We all have the dark, ignorant shadow inside us. I have worked endlessly to reveal it and heal it in me, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/we-all-have-the-dark-ignorant-shadow-inside-us-i-have-worked/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/anne-lamott-188_bits_we-all-have-the-dark-ignorant-shadow-ins_1856309.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) > [The women's movement burst forth when I was fifteen. That was when I began to believe that life might semi-work out after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/the-women-s-movement-burst-forth-when-i-was-fifteen-that-was-when-i/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/anne-lamott-188_authentic-life_the-women-s-movement-burst-forth-when-i_2210137.png) > [“To heal, it seems we have to stand in the middle of the horror, at the foot of the cross, and wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/to-heal-it-seems-we-have-to-stand-in-the-middle-of-the-horror-at-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/anne-lamott-188_heal_to-heal-it-seems-we-have-to-stand-in-the_2498027.png) ## Other authors on Heal ## 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/heal/anne-lamott/#itemlist", "name": "9 Heal Quotes By Anne Lamott", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. 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