“ Most people's intuitions are drowned out by folk sayings. We have a moment of real feeling or insight, and then we come up with a folk saying that captures the insight in a kind of wash. The intuition… Anne Lamott
“ Most of us figure out by a certain age - some of us later than others - that life unspools in cycles, some lovely, some painful, but in no predictable order. So you could have lovely, painful, and pai… Anne Lamott
“ Most of us don’t notice how great we look until years, even decades later. Not long ago, I was looking at photos of myself at various ages and weights—way before the neckular deterioration began, way… Anne Lamott
“ Mercy means that we no longer constantly judge everybody’s large and tiny failures, foolish hearts, dubious convictions, and inevitable bad behavior. We will never do this perfectly, but how do we do… Anne Lamott
“ Mercy is radical kindness. Mercy means offering or being offered aid in desperate straits. Mercy is not deserved. It involves absolving the unabsolvable, forgiving the unforgiveable. Anne Lamott
“ Life does not seem to present itself to me for my convenience, to box itself up nicely so I can write about it with wisdom and a point to make before putting it on a shelf somewhere. Anne Lamott
“ Jesus was a rabbi, schooled by rabbis, who thought like rabbis. Rabbis, upon being asked a question by a disciple, usually answer with a paradoxical inquiry or a story. This can be annoying and time-c… Anne Lamott
“ It’s not like you don’t have a choice, because you do—you can either type or kill yourself. Anne Lamott
“ It may be one of those miracles where your heart sinks, because you think it means you have lost. But in surrender you have won. And if it were me, after a moment, I would say, Thanks. Anne Lamott
“ Into every life crap will fall. Most of us do as well as possible, and some of it works okay, and we try to release that which doesn’t and which is never going to. Anne Lamott
“ Imagining God can be so different from wishful thinking, if your spiritual experiences change your behavior over time. Have you become more generous, which is the ultimate healing? Or more patient, wh… Anne Lamott
“ If you want to change the way you feel about people, you have to change the way you treat them. Anne Lamott
“ I tell my students that the odds of their getting published and of it bringing them financial security, peace of mind, and even joy are probably not that great. Ruin, hysteria, bad skin, unsightly tic… Anne Lamott
“ I love Wendell Berry’s lines that it may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The… Anne Lamott
“ I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Anne Lamott
“ I carry a secret sense of accomplishment around with me, like a radium pack implanted near my heart that now leaches a quiet sense of relief through my system. Anne Lamott
“ Help for the sick and hungry,home for the homeless folk, peace in the world forever,this is my prayer, O Lord. Amen. Anne Lamott
“ Haters want us to hate them, because hate is incapacitating. When we hate, we can’t operate from our real selves, which is our strength. Anne Lamott
“ Grace means suddenly you’re in a different universe from the one where you were stuck, and there was absolutely no way for you to get there on your own. Anne Lamott
