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
nice ocean heart
Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or memoir written; or you didn't go swimming in warm pools or oceans because your thighs were jiggly or you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It's going to break your heart. Don't let this happen.
minutes ifs including
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
buddhist believe men
It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.
snacks long enlightenment
The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
grateful thinking light
It is unearned love--the love that goes before, that greets us on the way. It's the help you receive when you have no bright ideas left, when you are empty and desperate and have discovered that your best thinking and most charming charm have failed you. Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others who are as startled and embarrassed and eventually grateful as you are to be there.
compare
Never compare your insides to everyone else's outsides.
be-kind three-things praying
When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
i-can
I can tell you that what you're looking for is already inside you.
best-friendship disappoint ifs
Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.
obstacles should hurdle
You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course.
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.
wings water grace
Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking.
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.