“ Believing isn’t the hard part; waiting on God is. So I stuck with it and prayed impatiently for patience, and to stop feeling disgusted by myself, and to believe for a few moments that God, just a bit… Anne Lamott
“ And my father, who never once in his life would have used the word 'nigger,' would smile and give an almost imperceptible laugh -- not a trace of rage on behalf of black people, not a trace of rage on… Anne Lamott
“ And if minor characters show an inclination to become major characters … you at least give them a shot at it, because … just as in the real world it may take you many years to find out that the strang… Anne Lamott
“ That grace is having a commitment to - or at least an acceptance of - being ineffective and foolish. Anne Lamott
“ Because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much. Anne Lamott
“ It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart. Anne Lamott
“ You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott
“ My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you cou… Anne Lamott
“ Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. You don’t have to see where you’re going, you don’t have to see yo… Anne Lamott
“ Who as a young person, like me, accepted being alone quite a lot. I think that this sort of person often becomes either a writer or a career criminal. Anne Lamott
“ It was about tragedy transformed over the years into joy. It was about the beauty of sheer effort. I Anne Lamott
“ It may just be that you are developing a quiet doggedness. This is priceless. Perfectionism, on the other hand, will only drive you mad. Anne Lamott
“ If you are writing the clearest, truest words you can find and doing the best you can to understand and communicate, this will shine on paper like its own little lighthouse. Lighthouses don’t go runni… Anne Lamott
“ Good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Anne Lamott
“ For a life oriented to leisure is in the end a life oriented to death—the greatest leisure of all. Anne Lamott
“ Day by day you have to give the work before you all the best stuff you have, not saving up for later projects. If you give freely, there will always be more. Anne Lamott
“ You have to keep taking the next necessary stitch, and the next one, and the next. Without stitches, you just have rags. And we are not rags. Anne Lamott
