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Some Quotes by Anne Lamott
- Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why it's such a…
- Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you’ve been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably…
- The worst time in any writer's life is the two months before publication. ALL writers become mental and pathetic, even those of devout faith, who…
- What if you wake up some day, and you're 65... and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to…
- Some people have a thick skin and you don’t. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an…
- Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.
- Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our…
- Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.
- Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.
- If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot more spiritually evolved…
- Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit.
- The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.
- I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me pricey lunches or…
- Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an…
- If you don't believe in God, it may help to remember this great line of Geneen Roth's: that awareness is learning to keep yourself company.…
- For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat,…
- I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them…
- Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess…
- I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom…
- It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of…
- Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what happens…
- There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and…
- Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none of my business.
- For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food.
- I'm all over the place, up and down, scattered, withdrawing, trying to find some elusive sense of serenity." The world can't give that serenity. The…
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