Looking back on the God my friend believed in, he seems a little erratic, not entirely unlike her father - God as… — Anne Lamott Borderline Copy Share Image
The stuff I write about is pretty universal, the things my closest friends and I talk about - our anxiety about being… — Anne Lamott Anxiety Copy Share Image
Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects. — Anne Lamott Character Copy Share Image
My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. — Anne Lamott Father Copy Share Image
I'm very sad about Mitch McConnell probably getting to be Senate majority leader, if only for two years. To me, he is… — Anne Lamott Blowhards Copy Share Image
I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked.… — Anne Lamott Beach Copy Share Image
“She wears latex bicycle shorts nearly every day, and I will tell you why: because she can. I consider it an act… — Anne Lamott Art work Copy Share Image
Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is a… — Anne Lamott Firsts Copy Share Image
“He said that when he sees little kids sitting in the backseat of cars, in those car seats that have steering wheels,… — Anne Lamott Relationship with god Copy Share Image
Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe. — Anne Lamott Beautiful 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
If you are writing the clearest, truest words you can find and doing the best you can to understand and communicate, this… — Anne Lamott Boat Copy Share Image
“Peg came over with dinner tonight and told me about this dumb schmaltzy poem she heard someone read at an AA meeting.… — Anne Lamott Aa meeting Copy Share Image
I quit my last real job, as a writer at a magazine, when I was twenty-one. That was the moment when I… — Anne Lamott Born Copy Share Image
“Learning to read gave us a true oasis, salvation, in the same way that coming to know Jesus or the Buddha might… — Anne Lamott Books Copy Share Image
“The pain does grow less acute, but the insidious palace lie that we will get over crushing losses means that our emotional… — Anne Lamott True north Copy Share Image
I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven. — Anne Lamott Alone time Copy Share Image
I think drugs are part of the magical possibilities of youth and I wouldn't be here if I had continued with it. — Anne Lamott Drug Copy Share Image
Age has given me the gift of me; it just gave me what I was always longing for, which was to get… — Anne Lamott Age 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
“P 264: Elizabeth talking to Rosie re Sharon leaving--"Try to be a good sport, baby. Sharon feels as bad as you do.… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“But what if the great secret insider-trading truth is that you don't ever get over the biggest losses in your life? Is… — Anne Lamott Bad news 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
