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
Anne Lamott quotes about
be-kind three-things praying
When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
drinking waiting forgiving
In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.
revolutionary ashamed shows
So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.
ghouls scary-books dance-floor
When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.
confusing body disappointing
This business of having been issued a body is deeply confusing... Bodies are so messy and disappointing.
cooperation
We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
parenting expectations resentment
Expectations are resentments under construction.
down-and enthusiasm quiet
I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.
be-kind kind
It's better to be kind than to be right.
grateful culture littles
I love memoirs. They are probably my favorite literary form, along with biographies. The more confessional, the better. There is so, so, so little truth in the popular culture, and I am starved and grateful for any I can find.
loyalty disappointment betrayal
Here's how I became myself: mess, failure, mistakes, disappointments, and extensive reading; limbo, indecision, setbacks, addiction, public embarrassment, and endless conversations with my best women friends; the loss of people without whom I could not live, the loss of pets that left me reeling, dizzying betrayals but much greater loyalty, and overall, choosing as my motto William Blake's line that we are here to learn to endure the beams of love.
absurdity-of-life dancing laughing
When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again.
drinking waiting rats
Charles had once remarked that holding onto a resentment was like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.