Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in. — Anne Lamott Inspirational Copy Share Image
...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I'm not going to change the way people think about me, but I can say you know what? I'm not going to… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
We're out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“God loves you crazily, like I love you, Rae said, like a slightly overweight auntie, who sees only your marvelousness and need.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I never had a particularly strong craving to procreate, except for earlier fantasies of wanting to be Marmee in Little Women. — Anne Lamott Child Copy Share Image
“Usually with life, you start wherever you are, and you flail around for a while--” — Anne Lamott Life Copy Share Image
I cry intermittently, like a summer rain. I don't feel racked by the crying; in fact, it hydrates me. Then rage wells… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The stuff I write about is pretty universal, the things my closest friends and I talk about - our anxiety about being… — Anne Lamott Anxiety Copy Share Image
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start… — Anne Lamott Book Copy Share Image
I kept asking God for help, and after a while I realized something -- that Josh was not enjoying this either. He… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The pain does grow less acute, but the insidious palace lie that we will get over crushing losses means that our emotional… — Anne Lamott Losses Copy Share Image
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“You stop pretending life is such fin or makes sense. It's often messy and cruel and dull, and we do the best… — Anne Lamott Fall in love Copy Share Image
Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument… — Anne Lamott Argument Copy Share Image
“ At five that night, I went back to the market and bought three sixteen-ounce Rainier Ales. I bounced back to my… — Anne Lamott Investing Copy Share Image
“But what if the great secret insider-trading truth is that you don't ever get over the biggest losses in your life? Is… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“With THC in your system, you don't dream. And you need to. Otherwise it is like losing one of your senses. Dreams… — Anne Lamott Dream Copy Share Image
“Our shadow is on the outside. And we can see in the dark: we can see you, we see you turn away,… — Anne Lamott 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 Copy Share Image
“But you are not your bank account, or your ambition. You're not the cold clay lump you leave behind when you die.… — Anne Lamott Bank account Copy Share Image
It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you. — Anne Lamott Child Copy Share Image
You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“This family business can be so stressful - difficult, damaged people showing up t spend time with other difficult, damanged people” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart. — Anne Lamott Connection Copy Share Image
Sam said to me the other day, "I love you like 20 tyrannosauruses on 20 mountaintops," and this is the exact same… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Hallelujah that in spite of it all, there is love, there is singing, nature, laughing, mercy.” — Anne Lamott Hallelujah Copy Share Image
Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and… — Anne Lamott Birthday Copy Share Image
Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong… — Anne Lamott Mother Copy Share Image
When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“She slept deeply, but as usual, she did not dream. It had been months; none of them was dreaming anymore. [p. 227]” — Anne Lamott Dreaming 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 Copy Share Image
When I was young, I used to be so jealous of other girls that it crippled me. — Anne Lamott Girl Copy Share Image
I'm one of those religious people who are afraid of everything. I'm instantly worried about everything that could go wrong. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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