All Anne Lamott Quotes
- Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out. Bladder
- Never compare your insides to everyone else's outsides. Compare
- Toddlers can make you feel as if you have violated some archaic law in their personal Koran and you should die, infidel. Archaic
- Listen to your broccoli and it will tell you how to eat it. Broccoli
- He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light on their monster,… Find
- Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the main roadblock to… Acceptance
- A hundred years from now? All new people. All
- One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid… Break
- In a library, you can find small miracles and truth, and you might find something that will make you laugh so hard that you will… Afternoon
- When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life,… Absurdity
- 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 to be diagnosed… Afraid
- ... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65] Human
- ... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66] All
- Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole. All
- ... everyone has come to understand that unconditional love is a reality, but with as shelf life of about eight to ten seconds. [p. 110] Eight
- The clipping said forgiveness meant that God is for giving, and that we are here for giving too, and that to withold love or blessings… Blessing
- Now she and I sit together in her room and eat chocolate, and I tell her that in a very long time when we both… Both
- Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived. Clean
- I've always thought I could use my brain and my heart to jockey everyone around to the good. But life is not jockeyable. When you… Always Thought
- You have to be a warrior and say, "Maybe it's everyone else's system, but it's not mine." (from her recent interview here, on Goodreads) Everyone
- Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right. Beautiful
- I was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time.… Begins
- It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you. Caulking
- You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course. Bring
- Everything was coming together by coming apart . . . It is the most difficult Zen practice to leave people to their destiny, even though… Apart