Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, 'Well, isn't that fabulous? Because I need help too. So… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
All these people keep waxing sentimental about how fabulously well I am doing as a mother, how competent I am, but I… — 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
Get to know your characters as well as you can let there be something at stake, and then let the chips fall… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Toni Morrison said, "The function of freedom is to free someone else," and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me,' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' A… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
So I was doing well academically, and I was a well-ranked tennis player and was the apple of my handsome father's eye-and… — 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
You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments of grace or joy or transcendence, to make real or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I cry intermittently, like a summer rain. I don't feel racked by the crying; in fact, it hydrates me. Then rage wells… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and… — 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
![“I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of…” quote by Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/22e/anne-lamott-188_childhood_i-don-t-know-where-to-start-one-writing_3064070.jpg)
