Life is really pretty tricky, and there's a lot of loss, and the longer you stay alive, the more people you lose… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Anything you say from your heart to God is a prayer. But "why" is rarely a useful question. When Job keeps asking… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“If you haven't already, you will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and you never… — 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
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
Here's how I became myself: mess, failure, mistakes, disappointments, and extensive reading; limbo, indecision, setbacks, addiction, public embarrassment, and endless conversations with… — 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
