The beauty of modesty ... a virtue the world doesn't have much truck with: one ordinary flower in a vase, as opposed… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people… — Anne Lamott God Copy Share Image
I’ve heard it said that every day you need half an hour of quiet time for yourself, or your Self, unless you’re… — Anne Lamott Busy Copy Share Image
I'd wanted to be a writer my whole life. But when I finally made it, I felt like a greyhound catching the… — Anne Lamott Alive Copy Share Image
I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our… — Anne Lamott Candle Copy Share Image
I've heard that our greatest cross to carry is ourselves - how gravely we fall short. — Anne Lamott Carry Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, our family used to watch 'Bonanza.' I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual. — Anne Lamott Family Copy Share Image
For me, being a writer is not an altered state. It's very ponderous, and very - it's like being a shoemaker. — Anne Lamott Altered Copy Share Image
Pastor Veronica told the story of a sparrow lying in the street with its legs straight up in the air, straining. a… — Anne Lamott Air Copy Share Image
All I know is that after 10 years of being sober, with huge support to express my pain and anger and shadow,… — Anne Lamott Baptized Copy Share Image
If God was giving me a ham, I'd be crazy not to receive it. Maybe it was the ham of God, who… — Anne Lamott Being crazy Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.” — Anne Lamott Excellence Copy Share Image
Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage. — Anne Lamott Flailing Copy Share Image
“The way I see things, God loves you the same whether you're being elegant or not. It feels much better when you… — Anne Lamott God love Copy Share Image
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something-anything-down on paper. A friend… — Anne Lamott Checks Copy Share Image
“Help for the sick and hungry, home for the homeless folk, peace in the world forever, this is my prayer, O Lord.… — Anne Lamott Prayer Copy Share Image
“Rosie had to keep her room neat enough so James would not freak out, but not so neat that they could figure… — Anne Lamott Identity Copy Share Image
We write to expose the unexposed. Most human beings are dedicated to keeping that one door shut. But the writer's job is… — Anne Lamott Behinds Copy Share Image
Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about… — Anne Lamott Absent Copy Share Image
The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning… — Anne Lamott Every morning 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
Your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young,… — Anne Lamott Age Copy Share Image
“I know a person with a Ph.D. who goes to a church based on Star Wars: May the force be with you.” — Anne Lamott Star wars Copy Share Image
