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Anne Lamott Quotes

... since you can’t heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else’s sick mind Picture Quote #1

Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others who are as startled and embarrassed and eventually grateful as you are to be there Picture Quote #1

By then I’d figured out the gift of failure, which is that it breaks through all that held breath and isometric tension about needing to look good: it’s the gift of feeling floppier Picture Quote #1

We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little Picture Quote #1

... because when people have seen you at their worst, you don’t have to put on the mask as much Picture Quote #1

Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn’t, they would get a new one Picture Quote #1

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There are moments when I am writing when I think that if other people knew how I felt right now, they’d burn me at the stake for feeling so good, so full, so much intense pleasure Picture Quote #1

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 writing and corresponding. We think this life is nearly ideal Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you Picture Quote #1

Now, if you ask me, what’s going on is that we’re all up to here in it, and probably the most important thing is that we not yell at one another Picture Quote #1

Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food Picture Quote #1

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You’re done. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare Picture Quote #1

You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that grace is freely given, the truth is that sometimes you pay for it through the nose. And you can’t pay your child’s way Picture Quote #1

We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be Picture Quote #1

You don’t always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too Picture Quote #1

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The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines Picture Quote #1

I don’t remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child Picture Quote #1

I think we’re all pretty crazy on this bus. I’m not sure I know anyone who’s got all the dots on his or her dice Picture Quote #1

I cry intermittently, like a summer rain. I don’t feel racked by the crying; in fact, it hydrates me. Then rage wells up in me, and I want to take a crowbar to all the cars in the neighborhood Picture Quote #1

... most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you Picture Quote #1

For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms Picture Quote #1

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If your wife locks you out of the house, you don’t have a problem with your door Picture Quote #1

Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down Picture Quote #1

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won’t be good at it Picture Quote #1

This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won’t wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be Picture Quote #1

I’m here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped Picture Quote #1

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... since you can’t heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else’s sick mind (Anne Lamott Quotes) Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others who are as startled and embarrassed and eventually grateful as you are to be there (Anne Lamott Quotes) By then I’d figured out the gift of failure, which is that it breaks through all that held breath and isometric tension about needing to look good: it’s the gift of feeling floppier (Anne Lamott Quotes) We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little (Anne Lamott Quotes) ... because when people have seen you at their worst, you don’t have to put on the mask as much (Anne Lamott Quotes) Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn’t, they would get a new one (Anne Lamott Quotes) There are moments when I am writing when I think that if other people knew how I felt right now, they’d burn me at the stake for feeling so good, so full, so much intense pleasure (Anne Lamott Quotes) 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 writing and corresponding. We think this life is nearly ideal (Anne Lamott Quotes) 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 (Anne Lamott Quotes) So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you (Anne Lamott Quotes) Now, if you ask me, what’s going on is that we’re all up to here in it, and probably the most important thing is that we not yell at one another (Anne Lamott Quotes) Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul (Anne Lamott Quotes) 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 (Anne Lamott Quotes) For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food (Anne Lamott Quotes) Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You’re done. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare (Anne Lamott Quotes) You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that grace is freely given, the truth is that sometimes you pay for it through the nose. And you can’t pay your child’s way (Anne Lamott Quotes) We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be (Anne Lamott Quotes) You don’t always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too (Anne Lamott Quotes) The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines (Anne Lamott Quotes) I don’t remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child (Anne Lamott Quotes) I think we’re all pretty crazy on this bus. I’m not sure I know anyone who’s got all the dots on his or her dice (Anne Lamott Quotes) I cry intermittently, like a summer rain. I don’t feel racked by the crying; in fact, it hydrates me. Then rage wells up in me, and I want to take a crowbar to all the cars in the neighborhood (Anne Lamott Quotes) ... most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you (Anne Lamott Quotes) For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms (Anne Lamott Quotes) If your wife locks you out of the house, you don’t have a problem with your door (Anne Lamott Quotes) Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down (Anne Lamott Quotes) You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind (Anne Lamott Quotes) I don’t think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won’t be good at it (Anne Lamott Quotes) This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won’t wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be (Anne Lamott Quotes) I’m here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped (Anne Lamott Quotes)

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