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title: "5 Hopeless Quotes By Anne Lamott"
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> [“When we think we can do it all ourselves--fix, save, buy, or date a nice solution--it's hopeless. We're going to screw things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/when-we-think-we-can-do-it-all-ourselves-fix-save-buy-or-date-a-nice/)

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

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> [It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/it-s-incredibly-touching-when-someone-who-seems-so-hopeless-finds-a/)

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

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> [“In general…there’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/in-general-there-s-no-point-in-writing-hopeless-novels-we-all-know-we/)

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

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> [The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/the-reason-i-never-give-up-hope-is-because-everything-is-so-basically/)

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

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> [“There’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/there-s-no-point-in-writing-hopeless-novels-we-all-know-we-re-going/)

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

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## Other authors on Hopeless

## 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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