“We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing,… — Anne Lamott Writing Copy Share Image
The grief and tears didn't wash me away. They gave me my life back! They cleansed me, baptized me, hydrated the earth… — Anne Lamott Baptized Copy Share Image
My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it. — Anne Lamott Atheist Copy Share Image
It's intrusive for grandparents to think they're in charge. It's manipulative. Also, it's self-destructive, since if the parents have to resist you,… — Anne Lamott Destructive Copy Share Image
“Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since the parents of kids the same age as yours won't… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
Over and over I feel as if my characters know who they are, and what happens to them, and where they have… — Anne Lamott Capable 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
But easy's like, who cares? Easy's like, how much is easy going to get you? — Anne Lamott Care 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 Children Copy Share Image
“The truth is that your spirits don't rise until you get way down.” — Anne Lamott Truth Copy Share Image
“SHORE AND GROUND Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for… — Anne Lamott Fear Copy Share Image
Shirley Jackson said that a confused reader is an antagonistic reader, and I live by that. It's okay to start anywhere, and… — Anne Lamott Bigs Copy Share Image
If you always dreamed of writing a novel or a memoir, and you used to love to write, and were pretty good… — Anne Lamott Books Copy Share Image
We want a sense that an important character, like a narrator, is reliable. We want to believe that a character is not… — Anne Lamott Ability 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
Frederick Buechner is one of my favorite writers. The Eyes of the Heart is beautiful and wise, full of insight, charm, and… — Anne Lamott Beautiful 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 Music 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
...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. — Anne Lamott Imperfect 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
“...what good people can do in the face of great sorrow. We help some time pass for those suffering. We sit with… — Anne Lamott Good people Copy Share Image
I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the last twenty-five years, that there's… — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
Just don't pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don't. Stay open to them. It's teatime and… — Anne Lamott Character Copy Share Image
...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you. — Anne Lamott Past Copy Share Image
