It's funny where we look for salvation, and where we actually find it. — Anne Lamott Funny Copy Share Image
“All that is holding us together [is] stories and compassion.” — Anne Lamott Compassion Copy Share Image
“Life is like a nice fresh batch of Swiss cheese. Note to self: savor the holes, too, like the spaces between musical… — Anne Lamott Life Copy Share Image
I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head. — Anne Lamott Afternoon Copy Share Image
I've given guys blow jobs just because I've run out of things to talk about.' Oh, Rae. Who hasn't — Anne Lamott Blow Copy Share Image
“When the ancient Egyptians finished building the pyramids, they had built the pyramids.” — Anne Lamott Ancient egyptian Copy Share Image
“Do you think that we're wired this way? With the devil inside?" "Yeah, in the same way we're wired for God. But… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I don't think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won't be good at it. — Anne Lamott Afraid Copy Share Image
My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. — Anne Lamott Father Copy Share Image
... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65] — Anne Lamott Being human Copy Share Image
“What if Sam's heart got broken again? As with most kids who are fourteen, it has been spackled and duct-taped and caulked… — Anne Lamott Broken Heart Copy Share Image
Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is a… — Anne Lamott Firsts Copy Share Image
You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that… — Anne Lamott Children 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
“God gives us Her own self. Left to my own devices, I would prefer answers. This is why it is good that… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book… — Anne Lamott Books 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. What I’ve… — Anne Lamott Effort Copy Share Image
All these people keep waxing sentimental about how fabulously well I am doing as a mother, how competent I am, but I… — Anne Lamott Feels Copy Share Image
“My son, Sam, at three and a half, had these keys to a set of plastic handcuffs, and one morning he intentionally… — Anne Lamott Front door Copy Share Image
Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or… — Anne Lamott Bigs 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
My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give… — Anne Lamott Arabia Copy Share Image
“No one has expressed it better than a great novelist I heard once on a talk show who said something like "You… — Anne Lamott Novelist Copy Share Image
“I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual… — Anne Lamott Awesome Copy Share Image
“...I believe that when all si said and done, all you can do is to show up for someone in crisis, which… — Anne Lamott Crisis Copy Share Image
“You will go through your life thinking there was a day in second grade that you must have missed, when the grown-ups… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time. — Anne Lamott Dangerous Copy Share Image
“in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent.” — Anne Lamott Education Copy Share Image
Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance. — Anne Lamott Dance Copy Share Image
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