I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
People help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I'm one of those religious people who are afraid of everything. I'm instantly worried about everything that could go wrong. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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
Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I'm not going to change the way people think about me, but I can say you know what? I'm not going to… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65] — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I think that is why we stay close to our families, no matter how neurotic the members, how deeply annoying or dull-… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Left to my own devices, my first inclination is to mess in other people's lives. I secretly believe my whole family, and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You don't want to spend your time around people who make you hold your breath. You can't fill up when you're holding… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
What if you wake up some day, and you're 65... and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Do you mind even a little that you are still addicted to people-pleasing, and are still putting everyone else’s needs and laundry… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Try to write in a directly emotional way, instead of being too subtle or oblique. Don't be afraid of your material or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and save the world. You sent… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in… — 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
A man dies and goes to heaven. He is being shown around by an angel. Everything is just so sweet and gentle,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you’ve been able to muster. But if you continue to write,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I'm human, you're human, let me greet your humanness. Let's be people together for a while. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don't know. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
These are pictures of the people in my family where we look like the most awkward and desperate folk you ever saw,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
This is who I want to be in the world. This is who I think we are supposed to be, people who… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I happen to be a Christian, but I know that there is one God. People worshipping goodness and love and kindness and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It is in many people's best interest for you not to find yourself, but it only matters that it is in yours,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My deepest belief is that to live as if we're dying can set us free. Dying people teach you to pay attention… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who… — 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
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
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