Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
ANNE LAMOTTI thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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.
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I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier.
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How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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Expectations are resentments under construction.
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The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.
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I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe.
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Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.
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This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.
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I was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. And when it’s over, it’s over.
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The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.
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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
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Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, “Well, isn’t she full of herself,” smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.
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