Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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
It's intrusive for grandparents to think they're in charge. It's manipulative. Also, it's self-destructive, since if the parents have to resist you,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
To be a good writer, you not only have to write a great deal but you have to care. You do not… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough,… — 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
I very rarely read the responses to my Salon pieces, because (as you may have noticed) the trolls can be SO evil.… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Pastor Veronica told the story of a sparrow lying in the street with its legs straight up in the air, straining. a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It is unearned love--the love that goes before, that greets us on the way. It's the help you receive when you have… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow,… — 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
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
