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
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.
sweet glasses smell
I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows.
summer rain car
I cry intermittently, like a summer rain. I don't feel racked by the crying; in fact, it hydrates me. Then rage wells up in me, and I want to take a crowbar to all the cars in the neighborhood.
law people being-human
... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65]
stars spring moon
I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.
mind trying neighborhood
My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
sunday filling-up church
I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.
moving pride joy
These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.
healing blessing progress
Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
spiritual gratitude self
The movement of grace toward gratitude brings us from the package of self-obsessed madness to a spiritual awakening.
falling-in-love fun hate
So what are we supposed to do again, when we hate everything? You stop pretending life is such fun or makes sense. It's often messy and cruel and dull, and we do the best we can. It's unfair, and jerks seem to win. But you fall in love with a few people. Like I love you, Elizabeth. You're the angel God sent me.