And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often blamed for the culture's… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There is something so tender about this to me, about being willing to have your makeup wash off, your eyes tear up,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You fall so deeply in love with your grandbaby. It's so so so much easier than being a parent, because you really… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being with his… — 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
All these people keep waxing sentimental about how fabulously well I am doing as a mother, how competent I am, but I… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My mother's eyes were large and brown, like my son's, but unlike Sam's, they were always frantic, like a hummingbird who can't… — 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
No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Now. Maybe you think it is arrogant or self centered, or ridiculous for me to believe that God bothered to wiggle a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It feels like I'm babysitting in the Twilight Zone. I keep waiting for the parents to show up because we are out… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Looking back on the God my friend believed in, he seems a little erratic, not entirely unlike her father - God as… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. — 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
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
