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
“All good writers write [terrible first drafts.] This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts. .… — Anne Lamott Inner life Copy Share Image
“Sometimes - oh, just once in a blue moon-I resist being receptive to God's generosity, because I'm busy with a project and… — Anne Lamott Generosity Copy Share Image
The difference between a writer who toughs it out and one who doesn't is that you push through the parts where you… — Anne Lamott Differences Copy Share Image
You don't want to spend your time around people who make you hold your breath. You can't fill up when you're holding… — Anne Lamott Emptiness Copy Share Image
“I have become more successful in my forties, but that pales in comparison with the other gifts of my current decade --… — Anne Lamott End of the day Copy Share Image
“The beginning of forgiveness is often exhaustion. You're pooped; thank God.” — Anne Lamott Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“ At five that night, I went back to the market and bought three sixteen-ounce Rainier Ales. I bounced back to my… — Anne Lamott Investing Copy Share Image
“Try to be a good sport, baby. Sharon feels as bad as you do. It's all right for you to be mad,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“When Sam was six or so, he explained to me why we call God "God": "Because when you see something so great,… — Anne Lamott God Copy Share Image
They believe that if they do get published, a wonderful new life is in store. It will turn out that deep down… — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
“And autumn ain't so shabby for wow, either. The colors are broccoli and flame and fox fur. The tang is apples, death,… — anne lamott Autumn Copy Share Image
So I was doing well academically, and I was a well-ranked tennis player and was the apple of my handsome father's eye-and… — Anne Lamott Apples Copy Share Image
Everything takes me forever. It's all lurch, flail. I hope that is good news to you writers. — Anne Lamott Forever Copy Share Image
There is a door we all want to walk through and writing can help you find it and open it. — Anne Lamott Doors Copy Share Image
“My son, Sam, at three and a half, had these keys to a set of plastic handcuffs, and one morning he intentionally… — Anne Lamott Front door Copy Share Image
Good therapy helps. Good friends help. Pretending that we are doing better than we are doesn't. Shame doesn't. Being heard does. — Anne Lamott Doe Copy Share Image
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not… — Anne Lamott Found Copy Share Image
I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your… — Anne Lamott Be here now Copy Share Image
I get to tell my truth. I get to seek meaning and realization. I get to live fully, wildly, imperfectly. That's why… — Anne Lamott Alive 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
“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
Now she and I sit together in her room and eat chocolate, and I tell her that in a very long time… — Anne Lamott Chairs Copy Share Image
