“Being a writer guarantees that you will spend too much time alone -- and that as a result, your mind will begin… — Anne Lamott Psychology Copy Share Image
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. — Anne Lamott Decrease Copy Share Image
The movement of grace toward gratitude brings us from the package of self-obsessed madness to a spiritual awakening. — Anne Lamott Awakening Copy Share Image
“Jesus said that whatever you did to the least of his people, you did to him, and the lifers in penitentiaries are… — Anne Lamott Head start Copy Share Image
“It made no sense that Abraham could head for the mountain in Moriah still believing in God's goodness. It made no sense… — Anne Lamott Loving god 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 Moral obligation Copy Share Image
“His art springs out of bubbling underground necessity, as if he's somehow dipping himself into the river that gave him life; he's… — Anne Lamott Art Copy Share Image
I knew that the world was a harsh place, and my family was a mess, and even though I danced as fast… — Anne Lamott Art Copy Share Image
“Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it has given me me . It has provided… — Anne Lamott Age Copy Share Image
“While it is hard to fathom who we are and how we are to live when public chaos shatters our routine, the… — Anne Lamott Death Copy Share Image
And that almost everyone was struggling to wake up, to be loved, and not feel so afraid all the time. That's what… — Anne Lamott Booze Copy Share Image
only grieving can heal grief; the passage of time will lessen the acuteness, but time alone, without the direct experience of grief,… — Anne Lamott Alone time Copy Share Image
...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind. — Anne Lamott Heal Copy Share Image
The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were… — Anne Lamott Bosoms Copy Share Image
Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. — Anne Lamott Air Copy Share Image
“I knew to put on my favorite earrings. Sometimes you start with the outside and you get it right. You tend to… — Anne Lamott Religion Copy Share Image
“We aren't a drop in the ocean, but are the ocean, in drops.” — Anne Lamott Drop In The Ocean Copy Share Image
“Everything slows down when we listen and stop trying to fix the unfixable.” — Anne Lamott Communication Copy Share Image
I do know the sorrow of being ordinary, and that much of our life is spent doing the crazy mental arithmetic of… — Anne Lamott Arithmetic Copy Share Image
Remember that you own what happened to you. If your childhood was less than ideal, you may have been raised thinking that… — Anne Lamott Childhood Copy Share Image
Charles had once remarked that holding onto a resentment was like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to die. — Anne Lamott Dies Copy Share Image
