“...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
Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life… — Anne Lamott Cleaning Copy Share Image
“There is cracks, cracks, in everything, that's how the light gets in.' I had cracks but not the hope.” — Anne Lamott Hope Copy Share Image
When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability… — Anne Lamott Ability Copy Share Image
Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in… — Anne Lamott America Copy Share Image
I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was… — Anne Lamott Gravestone Copy Share Image
The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly… — Anne Lamott Age Copy Share Image
Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly. — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
I suspect that he was a child who thought differently than his peers, who may have had serious conversations with grown-ups, who… — Anne Lamott Accepted Copy Share Image
So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you. — Anne Lamott Caring Copy Share Image
“About novel Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott. Q: What does the title "Imperfect Birds" mean? It's a line from a poem by… — Anne Lamott Poetry Copy Share Image
Write regularly, whether you feel like writing or not, and whether you think what you're writing is any good or not. — Anne Lamott Feels 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
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
“[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
If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by… — Anne Lamott Admitting 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
No one can appropriate God, goodness, the Bible or Jesus. It just seems that way. — Anne Lamott Appropriate Copy Share Image
I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up. — Anne Lamott Church Copy Share Image
The thing about light is that it really isn’t yours; it’s what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power… — Anne Lamott Cups Copy Share Image
“San Quentin’s is the safest beach in the world. We’re not talking about lifeguards here who might yell at someone who’s being… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world. — Anne Lamott Gift Copy Share Image
“There’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men and… — Anne Lamott Books Copy Share Image
“Every time we choose the good action or response, the decent, the valuable, it builds, incrementally, to renewal, resurrection, the place of… — Anne Lamott Freedom Copy Share Image
Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into… — Anne Lamott Dogs Copy Share Image
