There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time. — Anne Lamott Comeback Copy Share Image
I am an Aries. Although I do not believe in astrology, I think this is exactly the right sign to have been… — Anne Lamott Aries Copy Share Image
“I decided to go to the beach at San Quentin, and practice living as if today was one of the precious few… — Anne Lamott Beach Copy Share Image
Needless to say, there was no one around remotely fitting the description of a normal person: I was at a writing conference. — Anne Lamott Conference Copy Share Image
Pets are the world to me. I think they are the most obvious manifestations of divine love that we are going to… — Anne Lamott Divine Copy Share Image
I believe that discipline and self-love are the total secrets to freedom. — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
“Ram Dass, who described himself as a Hin-Jew, said that ultimately we’re all just walking each other home. I love that. I… — Anne Lamott Israel Copy Share Image
Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s… — Anne Lamott 80s Copy Share Image
“They taught us that extending ourselves to others would help us stay sober and sane. But they also wanted us to extend… — Anne Lamott Cup of tea 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
“And my father, who never once in his life would have used the word 'nigger,' would smile and give an almost imperceptible… — Anne Lamott Black people Copy Share Image
The Giants are usually described as rag tag, kind of a great garage sale team, and the Democrats are described as the… — Anne Lamott Adventure Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life,… — Anne Lamott Life Copy Share Image
This is who I want to be in the world. This is who I think we are supposed to be, people who… — Anne Lamott Beings Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a deep philosopher. The things I write about tend to be what we all have to face,… — Anne Lamott Brother Copy Share Image
I happen to be a Christian, but I know that there is one God. People worshipping goodness and love and kindness and… — Anne Lamott Christian 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 Bondage Copy Share Image
Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it gave me me. It provided the time and… — Anne Lamott Age Copy Share Image
“But let’s say we believe that mercy and forgiveness are in fact foundational, innate, what we are grown from and can build… — Anne Lamott Compassion Copy Share Image
But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and… — Anne Lamott Able Copy Share Image
“Because for some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out… — Anne Lamott Book Copy Share Image
“I had to grip myself by the wrist not to pitch one good idea after another at them. . . . I… — Anne Lamott Obstacle Copy Share Image
I had NO interest in being a theologian, especially not a Christian, as I had been raised by progressive atheists. We bowed… — Anne Lamott Atheist Copy Share Image
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 Animation Copy Share Image
“[W]hen you're dreaming, you're not the one calling the shots. So it's a reprieve.” — Anne Lamott Dream Copy Share Image
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. — Anne Lamott Decrease Copy Share Image
I do believe that God is with us even when we're at our craziest and that this goodness guides, provides, and protects. — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
If I have a huge audience, I'd like a bigger audience; maybe slightly a slightly more illustrious audience. — Anne Lamott Audience Copy Share Image
“Are you willing to see what you are seeing, and to know what you know?” — Anne Lamott Seeing Copy Share Image
The grief and tears didn't wash me away. They gave me my life back! They cleansed me, baptized me, hydrated the earth… — Anne Lamott Baptized Copy Share Image
“hope, as Chesterton said, is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” — Anne Lamott Desperate Copy Share Image
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,… — Anne Lamott Goodreads Copy Share Image
I've always understood that meditation had to be part of - or was part of the natural path and so I've always… — Anne Lamott Meditation Copy Share Image
“But you can't teach writing, people tell me. And I say, 'Who the hell are you, God's dean of admissions?” — Anne Lamott Education Copy Share Image
Maybe it's wishful thinking, this snaggly faith of mine, or maybe it's Miles Davis saying, Don't play what's there, play what's not… — Anne Lamott Faith Copy Share Image
It feels like I'm babysitting in the Twilight Zone. I keep waiting for the parents to show up because we are out… — Anne Lamott Babysitting Copy Share Image
“I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us… — Anne Lamott Grace Copy Share Image
“The beginning of forgiveness is often exhaustion. You're pooped; thank God.” — Anne Lamott Exhaustion Copy Share Image
This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period. — Anne Lamott Book Copy Share Image
I am a terrible and lazy Christian. I do not believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. I just… — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
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