Creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every… — Anne Lamott Every day Copy Share Image
Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There was no sense of performance or… — Anne Lamott Breath Copy Share Image
What if we never 'get over' certain deaths, or our childhoods? What if the idea that we should have by now, or… — Anne Lamott Certain Copy Share Image
I have a giant ego and terrible self-esteem, so I need to hit the re-set button fairly regularly - to get into… — Anne Lamott Buttons Copy Share Image
I find most famous Christians to be full of themselves and of prejudice and self-loathing, masquerading as devout religious belief. I find… — Anne Lamott Belief Copy Share Image
I suspect that he was a child who thought differently than his peers, who may have had serious conversations with grown-ups, who… — Anne Lamott Accepted Copy Share Image
“It took me one more year to admit that I could no longer control my drinking. And finally on July 7, 1986,… — Anne Lamott Wine Copy Share Image
“These two things are almost all I want, but unfortunately, neither one is my strong suit. I am very strong on blame,… — Anne Lamott Blame Copy Share Image
“As far as I can recall, none of the adults in my life ever once remembered to say, “Some people have a… — Anne Lamott Compassionate Copy Share Image
It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not… — Anne Lamott Be kind Copy Share Image
As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human… — Anne Lamott Being responsible Copy Share Image
I do for myself exactly what I would do for you - make a lovely cup of tea, or a hot bath,… — Anne Lamott Action Copy Share Image
I knew that the world was a harsh place, and my family was a mess, and even though I danced as fast… — Anne Lamott Art Copy Share Image
My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments… — Anne Lamott Found Copy Share Image
“They taught me that being of service, an ally to the lonely and suffering, a big-girl helper to underdogs, was my best… — Anne Lamott Good ideas Copy Share Image
A priest friend of mine has cautioned me away from the standard God of our childhoods, who loves you and guides you… — Anne Lamott Childhood Copy Share Image
“Wow" has a reverberation - wowowowowow - and this pulse can soften us, like the electrical massage an acupuncturist directs to your… — Anne Lamott Massage Acupuncturist Copy Share Image
“I want people who write to crash or dive below the surface, where life is so cold and confusing and hard to… — Anne Lamott Grief Copy Share Image
If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by… — Anne Lamott Admitting Copy Share Image
To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its… — Anne Lamott Antidote Copy Share Image
You fall so deeply in love with your grandbaby. It's so so so much easier than being a parent, because you really… — Anne Lamott Baby Copy Share Image
The mix in our rooms is so touching: the clutter and the cracks in the wall belie a bleakness or brokenness in… — Anne Lamott Bleakness Copy Share Image
“Every time we choose the good action or response, the decent, the valuable, it builds, incrementally, to renewal, resurrection, the place of… — Anne Lamott Freedom Copy Share Image
“My three prayers are variations on Help, Thanks, Wow. That's all I'll ever need, besides the silence, the pain, and the pause… — Anne Lamott Prayer Copy Share Image
I was raised in a family where none of us ever raised a voice, so there was no room to express feelings… — Anne Lamott Anger Copy Share Image
We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with… — Anne Lamott Blood Copy Share Image
I believe in listening to the - what calls you from your heart and your spirit and if you do it badly,… — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me… — Anne Lamott Annuals Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can… — Anne Lamott Fire 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
“You begin to cry and writhe and yell and then to keep on crying; and finally, grief ends up giving you the… — Anne Lamott Best gift 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 Child Copy Share Image
I sat down in the sand, breathless with shame and failure. God, I thought, some defender of the weak. Some freedom fighter:… — Anne Lamott Arcs Copy Share Image
They always threw their arms around and hugged me while crying our Yiddish endearments. Yet none of them believed in God. They… — Anne Lamott Arms Copy Share Image
“During Advent, we have to sit in our own anxiety and funkiness long enough to know what a Promised Land would be… — Anne Lamott Advent Copy Share Image
There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or her best, but… — Anne Lamott Family 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
Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others… — Anne Lamott Breeze Copy Share Image
“This kind of beauty softens you and expands you, which is good, but of course it makes you vulnerable to all sorts… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
