“ What if you wake up at sixty and realize that you forgot to wake up, and you never became the person you were born to be, and now your hair is falling out? Anne Lamott
“ What finally helped was an image from a medieval monk, Brother Lawrence, who saw all of us as trees in winter, with little to give, stripped of leaves and color and growth, whom God loves unconditiona… Anne Lamott
“ We have all we need to come through. Against all odds, no matter what we’ve lost, no matter what messes we’ve made over time, no matter how dark the night, we offer and are offered kindness, soul, lig… Anne Lamott
“ We cheated, you and me, and someone noticed. I noticed you; someone else noticed me. It hurts us. That's not so bad. So many people cheat. Everywhere on every level. Everyone's cheated. I'm just sayin… Anne Lamott
“ To heal, it seems we have to stand in the middle of the horror, at the foot of the cross, and wait out another’s suffering where that person can see us. Anne Lamott
“ To heal, it seems we have to stand in the middle of the horror, at the foot of the cross, and wait out another’s suffering where that person can see us. To be honest, that sucks. It’s the worst, even… Anne Lamott
“ They kind of want to write, but they really want to be published. You’ll never get to where you want to be that way, I tell them. Anne Lamott
“ There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or her best, but you can see what a mess they all really are. Anne Lamott
“ There is ecstasy in paying attention... Anyone who wants to can be surprised by the beauty or pain of the natural world, of the human mind and heart, and can try to capture just that - the details, th… Anne Lamott
“ The way I see things, God loves you the same whether you're being elegant or not. It feels much better when you are, but even when you can't fake it, God still listens to your prayers. Again and again… Anne Lamott
“ The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Anne Lamott
“ The great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, I slept and dreamt that life was joy. / I awoke and saw that life was service. / I acted and behold, service was joy. Anne Lamott
“ The clipping said forgiveness meant that God is for giving, and that we are here for giving too, and that to withold love or blessings is to be completely delusional. Anne Lamott
“ The bakery, on the other hand, was a family’s understanding that a kid didn’t have to do or achieve or own anything more for the world to care, and even delight in her. Anne Lamott
“ Spring is sweet, the baby season; summer is the teenage season -- too much energy, too much growth and beauty and heat and late nights, none of them what they are cracked up to be. Fall is the older s… Anne Lamott
“ Someone who'd spent $30,000 at a diet hospital told me the secret: Eat less, exercise more. Oh, and here's $5,000 worth of cutting edge advice: drink more water. Anne Lamott
“ So I pray for people who are hurting, that they be filled with air and light. Air and light heal; they somehow get into those dark, musty places, like spiritual antibiotics. We don’t have to figure ou… Anne Lamott
“ She was always cheerful—until she turned eighty and started going blind. She had a great deal of religious faith, and everyone assumed that she would adjust and find meaning in her loss—meaning and th… Anne Lamott
“ She quoted the Reverend James Forbes as saying, Nobody gets into heaven without a letter of reference from the poor. Anne Lamott
