Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamottis an American novelist and non-fiction writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth10 April 1954
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
baby fall love-you
You fall so deeply in love with your grandbaby. It's so so so much easier than being a parent, because you really don't have much responsibility. And just when you are at the end of your rope with exhaustion, the parents take the baby away. So it's the best of both worlds.
long people grudge
I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me.
drinking waiting forgiving
In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.
cain earth abel
This is a very violent place to live, the Earth, and we're a very violent species. Cain is still killing Abel. We see that every day.
safe stuck ifs
If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When nothing new can get in, that's death.
spiritual thinking car
Every time I see the bumper sticker that says “We think we’re humans having spiritual experiences, but we’re really spirits having human experiences,” I (a) think it’s true and (b) want to ram the car.
blow trying reason
Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.
patience mind trying
Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper.
wings water grace
Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking.
mind bigger agree
When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved.
space laughing parent
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 could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way.
broken invisible poet
Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places.
badass mistake women
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.
feelings body range
If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.