Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
“I just gave up one day. Around the time the news about toxic shock came out. I thought, Fuck me, man, I… — Anne Lamott Fear of death Copy Share Image
If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot… — Anne Lamott Look Copy Share Image
Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is… — Anne Lamott Behavior Copy Share Image
“What you're looking for is already inside you..You can't buy it, lease it, rent it, date it, or apply for it. The… — Anne Lamott Financial security Copy Share Image
“Anything that leaves you more fearful, more isolated, more disconnected from other people, more full of judgment or self-hatred, is not of… — Anne Lamott Fear Copy Share Image
“My theory is that, as with our children, as with every surface of that geodesic dome inside the 8-Ball, every age we've… — Anne Lamott Aging Copy Share Image
“It's always the same old problem: how to find ourselves in the great yammering of ego and tragedy and discomfort and obsession… — Anne Lamott Obsession Copy Share Image
“Now, Muriel Spark is said to have felt that she was taking dictation from God every morning-- sitting there, one supposes, plugged… — Anne Lamott Bad thing Copy Share Image
I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and… — Anne Lamott Childhood Copy Share Image
“When you love something like reading - or drawing or music or nature - it surrounds you with a sense of connection… — Anne Lamott Connection Copy Share Image
The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate… — Anne Lamott Acceptance Copy Share Image
...music is about as physical as it gets: your essential rhythm is your heartbeat; your essential sound, the breath. We're walking temples… — Anne Lamott Add Copy Share Image
No one tells you that your life is effectively over when you have a child: that you're never going to draw another… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and… — Anne Lamott Accepted Copy Share Image
“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about… — Anne Lamott Better day Copy Share Image
I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain. — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
“Dreadlocks make people wonder if you’re trying to be rebellious.” — Anne Lamott Dreadlocks Copy Share Image
“I rest in silence and music and long strides, while Sam rests in noise and motion.” — Anne Lamott Music Copy Share Image
It's almost like learning to meditate to learn to hear what your kid is actually saying. — Anne Lamott Child Copy Share Image
“This is how we make important changes-- barely, poorly, slowly.” — Anne Lamott Change Copy Share Image
“First I showered off that horrible butt smell you get from being on an airplane. [p. 257]” — Anne Lamott Smell Copy Share Image
Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a… — Anne Lamott Bigs Copy Share Image
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start… — Anne Lamott Book Copy Share Image
You can change the world with a hot bath, if you sink into it from a place of knowing that you are… — Anne Lamott Bath Copy Share Image
Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her… — Anne Lamott Heart Copy Share Image
If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you'll just be… — Anne Lamott Castles Copy Share Image
“[Jesus is] saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just… — Anne Lamott Christianity Copy Share Image
“...I learned that God was an equal opportunity employer—that it was possible to experience the divine anywhere you were, anywhere you could… — Anne Lamott Divine Copy Share Image
You want to give me chocolate and flowers? That would be great. I love them both. I just don't want them out… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
Grief, as I read somewhere once, is a lazy Susan. One day it is heavy and underwater, and the next day it… — Anne Lamott Grief Copy Share Image
Everyone wanted me to get help and rejoin life, pick up the pieces and move on, and I tried to, I wanted… — Anne Lamott Forget the past Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think God loves the ones who most desperately ache and are most desperately lost - his or her wildest, most… — Anne Lamott Ache Copy Share Image
Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch… — Anne Lamott Done Copy Share Image
If you're lucky you find your way into a spiritual community and you start to find the great teachers of all the… — Anne Lamott Age Copy Share Image
“My parents, teachers, and the culture I grew up in showed me a drawer in which to stuff my merciful nature, because… — Anne Lamott Compassion Copy Share Image
Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the… — Anne Lamott Eastern Copy Share Image
The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that… — Anne Lamott Dedication Copy Share Image
“Sam was alternately distant and clingy and mean, because I am the primary person he banks on and bangs on. I stayed… — Anne Lamott Away Sadie Copy Share Image
![“I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of…” quote by Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/22e/anne-lamott-188_childhood_i-don-t-know-where-to-start-one-writing_3064070.jpg)
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![“[Jesus is] saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves.” quote by Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f22/anne-lamott-188_beauty_jesus-is-saying-that-we-could-be-aware-o_3199243.jpg)
