Alice Adams wrote a sweet note to me after my first novel came out when I was 26, and I was so… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Everything was coming together by coming apart . . . It is the most difficult Zen practice to leave people to their… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. I had some… — 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
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
