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Anne Lamott Quotes

The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point Picture Quote #1

Just don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t. Stay open to them. It’s teatime and all the dolls are at the table. Listen. It’s that simple Picture Quote #1

We’re out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look Picture Quote #1

A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn’t protect itself and it doesn’t hide. It stands out, like a baby’s fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass Picture Quote #1

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One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another is that writing motivates you to look closely at life, at life as it lurches by and tramps around Picture Quote #1

Get to know your characters as well as you can let there be something at stake, and then let the chips fall where they may Picture Quote #1

Grace means you’re in a different universe from where you had been stuck, when you had absolutely no way to get there on your own Picture Quote #1

If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching Picture Quote #1

There is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder Picture Quote #1

You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don’t think your way into becoming yourself Picture Quote #1

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You can change the world with a hot bath, if you sink into it from a place of knowing that you are worth profound care, even when you’re dirty and rattled Picture Quote #1

When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved Picture Quote #1

People help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we are saved Picture Quote #1

You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you to write it Picture Quote #1

You are not your bank account, our your ambitiousness. You’re not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die. You’re not your collection of walking personality disorders. You are spirit, you are love Picture Quote #1

This business of having been issued a body is deeply confusing... Bodies are so messy and disappointing Picture Quote #1

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Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist’s true friend Picture Quote #1

Your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young, all the ages you’ve ever been Picture Quote #1

When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that’s always in progress Picture Quote #1

All I ever wanted since I arrived here on earth are the same things I needed as a baby, to go from cold to warm, lonely to held, the vessel to the giver, empty to full Picture Quote #1

The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm? Picture Quote #1

Everything takes me forever. It’s all lurch, flail. I hope that is good news to you writers Picture Quote #1

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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 in the popular culture, and I am starved and grateful for any I can find Picture Quote #1

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 appropriate response to this world. The cost is high, but the blessing of being compassionate is beyond your wildest dreams Picture Quote #1

When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us Picture Quote #1

I’m human, you’re human, let me greet your humanness. Let’s be people together for a while Picture Quote #1

The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be Picture Quote #1

I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me Picture Quote #1

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The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point (Anne Lamott Quotes) Just don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t. Stay open to them. It’s teatime and all the dolls are at the table. Listen. It’s that simple (Anne Lamott Quotes) We’re out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look (Anne Lamott Quotes) A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn’t protect itself and it doesn’t hide. It stands out, like a baby’s fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through (Anne Lamott Quotes) 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 (Anne Lamott Quotes) To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass (Anne Lamott Quotes) One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another is that writing motivates you to look closely at life, at life as it lurches by and tramps around (Anne Lamott Quotes) Get to know your characters as well as you can let there be something at stake, and then let the chips fall where they may (Anne Lamott Quotes) Grace means you’re in a different universe from where you had been stuck, when you had absolutely no way to get there on your own (Anne Lamott Quotes) If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching (Anne Lamott Quotes) There is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder (Anne Lamott Quotes) You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don’t think your way into becoming yourself (Anne Lamott Quotes) You can change the world with a hot bath, if you sink into it from a place of knowing that you are worth profound care, even when you’re dirty and rattled (Anne Lamott Quotes) When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved (Anne Lamott Quotes) People help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we are saved (Anne Lamott Quotes) You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you to write it (Anne Lamott Quotes) You are not your bank account, our your ambitiousness. You’re not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die. You’re not your collection of walking personality disorders. You are spirit, you are love (Anne Lamott Quotes) This business of having been issued a body is deeply confusing... Bodies are so messy and disappointing (Anne Lamott Quotes) Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist’s true friend (Anne Lamott Quotes) Your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young, all the ages you’ve ever been (Anne Lamott Quotes) When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that’s always in progress (Anne Lamott Quotes) All I ever wanted since I arrived here on earth are the same things I needed as a baby, to go from cold to warm, lonely to held, the vessel to the giver, empty to full (Anne Lamott Quotes) The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm? (Anne Lamott Quotes) Everything takes me forever. It’s all lurch, flail. I hope that is good news to you writers (Anne Lamott Quotes) 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 in the popular culture, and I am starved and grateful for any I can find (Anne Lamott Quotes) 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 appropriate response to this world. The cost is high, but the blessing of being compassionate is beyond your wildest dreams (Anne Lamott Quotes) When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us (Anne Lamott Quotes) I’m human, you’re human, let me greet your humanness. Let’s be people together for a while (Anne Lamott Quotes) The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be (Anne Lamott Quotes) I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me (Anne Lamott Quotes)

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