I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope… — Anne Lamott Compelled Copy Share Image
“Some people have a thick skin and you don't. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but… — Anne Lamott Empathy Copy Share Image
“I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and save the world. You sent… — Anne Lamott Being a parent Copy Share Image
No matter how people mess with you or let you down, or how you let yourself down, a good book means that… — Anne Lamott Bed Copy Share Image
“You must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward… — Anne Lamott Inspirational quotes Copy Share Image
“I tell my students that the odds of their getting published and of it bringing them financial security, peace of mind, and… — Anne Lamott Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how… — Anne Lamott Annoying Copy Share Image
“If you are mesmerized by televised stupidity, and don't get to hear or read stories about your world, you can be fooled… — Anne Lamott Reading Copy Share Image
There are these people who keep taking you in and feeding you and loving you and making the world a tiny bit… — Anne Lamott Bits Copy Share Image
Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out… — Anne Lamott Bathroom Copy Share Image
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope… — Anne Lamott Being the best Copy Share Image
You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can… — Anne Lamott Use Copy Share Image
I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself. — Anne Lamott Answered prayers Copy Share Image
Where do we even start on the daily walk of restoration and awakening? We start where we are. — Anne Lamott Awakening Copy Share Image
When he sees little kids sitting in the backseat of cars, in those little car seats that have steering wheels, with grim… — Anne Lamott Amused Copy Share Image
Mother's Day celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: that mothers are superior beings, that they have done more with… — Anne Lamott About Copy Share Image
We're like Magic 8-Balls. After you ask your question and shake the 8-Ball, you read the answer in the little window. If… — Anne Lamott Age Copy Share Image
“I decided to go to the beach at San Quentin, and practice living as if today was one of the precious few… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period. — Anne Lamott Book Copy Share Image
We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of… — Anne Lamott Faces Copy Share Image
I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing:… — Anne Lamott Day Copy Share Image
