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Form Quotes by Anne Lamott
- Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.
- Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness
- Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend.
- I love memoirs. They are probably my favorite literary form, along with biographies. The more confessional, the better. There is so, so, so little truth…
- The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly the dark side…
- Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form…
- Novels ought to have hope; at least, American novels ought to have hope. French novels don't need to. We mostly win wars, they lose them.…
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