I'm here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped. — Anne Lamott Deals Copy Share Image
Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb. — Anne Lamott Addict Copy Share Image
“By the end I was deteriorating faster than I could lower my standards.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Are you willing to see what you are seeing, and to know what you know?” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted. — Anne Lamott Also Copy Share Image
“Life is change and what we need is muscle, flexibility, and awareness.” — Anne Lamott Change Copy Share Image
“She said to go ahead and feel the feelings. I did. They felt like shit.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I believe that discipline and self-love are the total secrets to freedom. — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
“Oh, but my stomach, she is like a waterbed covered in flannel. When I lie on my side in bed, my stomach… — Anne Lamott Humor 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 Bubbles Copy Share Image
I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin… — Anne Lamott Alcohol Copy Share Image
Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they… — Anne Lamott Behave Copy Share Image
What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit… — Anne Lamott Age Copy Share Image
Now, if you ask me, what’s going on is that we’re all up to here in it, and probably the most important… — Anne Lamott Ask me Copy Share Image
Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just… — Anne Lamott Business Copy Share Image
This is the most profound spiritual truth I know: that even when we're most sure that love can't conquer all, it seems… — Anne Lamott Comfort 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 Boxes Copy Share Image
“Spring is sweet, the baby season; summer is the teenage season -- too much energy, too much growth and beauty and heat… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
I took notes on the people around me, in my town, in my family, in my memory. I took notes on my… — Anne Lamott Ears Copy Share Image
“Now, Muriel Spark is said to have felt that she was taking dictation from God every morning-- sitting there, one supposes, plugged… — Anne Lamott Bad thing Copy Share Image
Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let… — Anne Lamott Asking Copy Share Image
“Jesus said that whatever you did to the least of his people, you did to him, and the lifers in penitentiaries are… — Anne Lamott Head start 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 Acting Copy Share Image
