--- title: "14 Quiet Quotes By Anne Lamott" description: "14 Quiet quotes by Anne Lamott. Plus more from Anne Lamott and more Quiet sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/anne-lamott-188_alone-time_i-spend-most-of-my-time-alone-because-i_1336612.png" --- > [I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-spend-most-of-my-time-alone-because-i-so-value-and-thrive-in-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/anne-lamott-188_alone-time_i-spend-most-of-my-time-alone-because-i_1336612.png) > [and you try to quiet your mind so you can hear...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/and-you-try-to-quiet-your-mind-so-you-can-hear/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/anne-lamott-188_mind_and-you-try-to-quiet-your-mind-so-you-ca_1835534.png) > [Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/quiet-deep-breath-after-any-prayer-is-another-form-of-amen/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/anne-lamott-188_amen_quiet-deep-breath-after-any-prayer-is-an_2855963.png) > [I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-d-like-to-learn-to-meditate-with-more-enthusiasm-i-can-sit-down-and/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/anne-lamott-188_christianity_i-d-like-to-learn-to-meditate-with-more_3147098.png) > [Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/almost-all-good-writing-begins-with-terrible-first-efforts-you-need-3/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/anne-lamott-188_effort_almost-all-good-writing-begins-with-terr_668008.jpg) > [I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-got-a-lot-of-things-that-society-had-promised-would-make-me-whole/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/anne-lamott-188_anxiety_i-got-a-lot-of-things-that-society-had-p_1065035.png) > [For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/for-some-of-us-books-are-as-important-as-almost-anything-else-on-2/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/anne-lamott-188_behave_for-some-of-us-books-are-as-important-as_2096085.jpg) > [My writer friends, and they are legion, do not go around beaming with quiet feelings of contentment. Most of them go around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/my-writer-friends-and-they-are-legion-do-not-go-around-beaming-with/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/anne-lamott-188_contentment_my-writer-friends-and-they-are-legion-do_956818.jpg) > [I’ve heard it said that every day you need half an hour of quiet time for yourself, or your Self, unless you’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-ve-heard-it-said-that-every-day-you-need-half-an-hour-of-quiet-time/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/anne-lamott-188_busy_i-ve-heard-it-said-that-every-day-you-ne_132680.png) > [“The best way to get quiet, other than the combination of extensive therapy, Prozac, and a lobotomy, is first to notice that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/the-best-way-to-get-quiet-other-than-the-combination-of-extensive/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbf/anne-lamott-188_mental-health_the-best-way-to-get-quiet-other-than-the_539826.png) > [At some point I started getting published, and experienced a meager knock-kneed standing in the literary world, and I started to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/at-some-point-i-started-getting-published-and-experienced-a-meager/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/anne-lamott-188_anxiety_at-some-point-i-started-getting-publishe_2834394.png) > [We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/we-re-all-afraid-of-the-same-stuff-mostly-we-re-afraid-that-we-re/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/anne-lamott-188_afraid_we-re-all-afraid-of-the-same-stuff-mostl_796368.png) > [You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-try-to-sit-down-at-approximately-the-same-time-every-day-this-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/anne-lamott-188_autistic_you-try-to-sit-down-at-approximately-the_923185.jpg) > [“The hard silence between frustrated people always feels cluttered. But holy silence is spacious and inviting. You can drink it down. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/the-hard-silence-between-frustrated-people-always-feels-cluttered-but/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/anne-lamott-188_peace_the-hard-silence-between-frustrated-peop_1755808.jpg) ## Other authors on Quiet ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/quiet/anne-lamott/#itemlist", "name": "14 Quiet Quotes By Anne Lamott", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. 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KFKD [K-Fucked] is on every single morning when I sit down at my desk. So I sit for a moment and then say a small prayer--please help me get out of the way so I can write what wants to be written. Sometimes ritual quiets the racket. Try it. 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