“Wonder takes our breath away, and makes room for new breath. That’s why they call it breathtaking.” — Anne Lamott Curiosity Copy Share Image
Sam said to me the other day, "I love you like 20 tyrannosauruses on 20 mountaintops," and this is the exact same… — Anne Lamott I love him Copy Share Image
“...I believe that when all si said and done, all you can do is to show up for someone in crisis, which… — Anne Lamott Dreams Copy Share Image
“No one has expressed it better than a great novelist I heard once on a talk show who said something like "You… — Anne Lamott Talk show 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
I could become like that dyslexic agnostic in the old joke - the one who lies in bed and tries to figure… — Anne Lamott Agnostic Copy Share Image
“Kindness toward others and radical kindness to ourselves buy us a shot at a warm and generous heart, which is the greatest… — Anne Lamott Generous heart Copy Share Image
“Pope Francis says the name of God is mercy. Our name was mercy, too, until we put it away to become more… — Anne Lamott Compassion Copy Share Image
Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls… — Anne Lamott Blades Copy Share Image
“Mercy means compassion, empathy, a heart for someone’s troubles. It’s not something you do – it is something in you, accessed, revealed,… — Anne Lamott Compassion Copy Share Image
Jealousy always has been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and… — Anne Lamott Air Copy Share Image
You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that… — Anne Lamott Children 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
All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you. — Anne Lamott Embarrassment Copy Share Image
It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you. — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
“When I feel like shoveling in food, the emptiness can be filled only with love (April 2012, O Magazine)” — Anne Lamott Love Copy Share Image
There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put… — Anne Lamott Bible Copy Share Image
I know that if I feel any deprivation or fear [about money], the solution is to give. The solution is to go… — Anne Lamott Borders Copy Share Image
I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, and… — Anne Lamott Attention Copy Share Image
“We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
I said that I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on… — Anne Lamott Adorable Copy Share Image
“And I’d stand there trying to see it, the way you try to remember a dream, where you squint and it’s right… — Anne Lamott Dream Copy Share Image
I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the… — Anne Lamott Activist Copy Share Image
