All Anne Lamott Quotes
- And that almost everyone was struggling to wake up, to be loved, and not feel so afraid all the time. That's what the cars, degrees,… Afraid
- Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos. Forehead
- Grief, as I read somewhere once, is a lazy Susan. One day it is heavy and underwater, and the next day it spins and stops… Day
- Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you. Best
- You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better. Behaved
- Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any… Any
- ...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart. Apart
- Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe. Beautiful
- So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed. Ashamed
- If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three… Admitting
- Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little… All
- And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen. Buckle
- But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina… Clarity
- Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones… Afflicted
- ...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you. Cannot Change
- A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God… Anything Away
- If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When nothing new can get in, that's death. Comfortable
- Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is a prayer too, because… Firsts
- Most humbling of all is to comprehend the lifesaving gift that your pit crew of people has been for you, and all the experiences you… All
- Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be… All
- I pray not to be such a whiny, self-obsessed baby, and give thanks that I am not quite as bad as I used to be… All
- But you don't always get what you want;,you get what you get Always Get
- It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as… All
- I do know the sorrow of being ordinary, and that much of our life is spent doing the crazy mental arithmetic of how, at any… Any
- Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and animation, and especially… Animation