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Anne Lamott Quotes - Page 11

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Charles had once remarked that holding onto a resentment was like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.

Charles had once remarked that holding onto a resentment was like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.

Drinking, Waiting, Poison

Anne Lamott (2011). “Crooked Little Heart: A Novel”, p.236, Anchor

Having a baby is like suddenly getting the world's worst roommate.

Baby, World, Roommate

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.188, Anchor

Laughter is the key that grace has arrived.

Laughter, Keys, Grace

It's a great time to be alive.

Alive, Great Times

'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.

Prayer, Helping, Answered Prayers

Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.37, Penguin

Certainty is missing the point entirely.

Missing, Certainty

Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.257, Penguin

Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air.

Air, Self, Atmosphere

When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.

Ghouls, Scary Books, Dance Floor

Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor

My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable

Heart, Broken, My Heart

Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.225, Anchor

It was not facing what life dealt that made you crazy, but rather trying to set life straight where it was unstraightenable.

Crazy, Trying, Made

Anne Lamott (2003). “Blue Shoe”, Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)

My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.

Gratitude, Ocean, Grateful

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.15, Anchor

Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.

Book, Mean, Community

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.15, Anchor

I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me.

Glasses, People, Water

Anne Lamott (2012). “Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers”, p.12, Penguin

Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up.

Makeup, Joy, Littles

I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head.

Real, Real Life, Afternoon

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

Giving Up, Hopeless, Reason

If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you'll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you've already been in.

Courage, Inspirational Life, Doors

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.198, Anchor

...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.

People, Mask, Worst

Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.190, Anchor

So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.

Revolutionary, Ashamed, Shows

Anne Lamott (1994). “Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year”, Fawcett

Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.

Inspirational, Teenager, People

Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.196, Penguin

She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together.

Together, Mosaics, Littles

Anne Lamott (2011). “Crooked Little Heart: A Novel”, p.61, Anchor

I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.

Want Something, Design, Special

There is something so tender about this to me, about being willing to have your makeup wash off, your eyes tear up, your nose start to run. Its tender partly because it harkens back to infancy, to your mother washing your face with love and lots or water, tending to you, making you clean all over again.

Mother, Running, Eye

Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.204, Anchor

We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children.

Children, Sibling, Mean

I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.

Sunday, Filling Up, Church

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