Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If you asked me, parents were supposed to affect the life of their child in such a way that the child grows… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and… — 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
Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people. — 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
Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I've spent my whole life trying to get over having had Nikki for a mother, and I have to say that from… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Mostly things are not that way, that simple and pure, with so much focus given to each syllable of life as life… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I prayed for my heart to soften, to forgive her, and love her for what she did give me--life, great values, a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I have these secret pangs of shame about being single, like I wasn't good enough to get a husband. Rita reminded me… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I said that I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“These two things are almost all I want, but unfortunately, neither one is my strong suit. I am very strong on blame,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“And my father, who never once in his life would have used the word 'nigger,' would smile and give an almost imperceptible… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Toni Morrison said, "The function of freedom is to free someone else," and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“But what if the great secret insider-trading truth is that you don't ever get over the biggest losses in your life? Is… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Some aching beauty comes with huge loss, although maybe not right away, when it would be helpful. Life is a very powerful… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us. — 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
