This is a very violent place to live, the Earth, and we're a very violent species. Cain is still killing Abel. We… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I am drawn to people that are not going to shy away from the very dark, scary stuff of the human condition… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Jealousy always has been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Close friendships are one of life's miracles - that a few people get to know you deeply, all your messy or shadowy… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Life is like a recycling center, where all the concerns and dramas of humankind get recycled back and forth across the universe.… — 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
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope… — 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
I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Perfectionism means that you try desperately not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The thing about light is that it really isn’t yours; it’s what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power… — 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
