black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Anne Lamott

Joy is the best makeup.
ANNE LAMOTT

Best Happiness Joy Make Up One Liner
I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
ANNE LAMOTT

Inspirational Motivational Myself Yourself
Laughter is carbonated holiness.
ANNE LAMOTT

Holy Laughter One Liner
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
ANNE LAMOTT

Better People Story Warm Writing Yourself
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.
ANNE LAMOTT

Law Myself Reminder Right Spirit
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.
ANNE LAMOTT

Atmosphere Gift Self Care
Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness.
ANNE LAMOTT

Holy Laughter
Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.
ANNE LAMOTT

Best Help Prayer Thankful
Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
ANNE LAMOTT

Gratitude Happiness Joy Secret Understand
How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
ANNE LAMOTT

Beginning Decision Simplicity Yourself
The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm?
ANNE LAMOTT

Dangerous Meaning People Stand Stay Warm Wind World
We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
ANNE LAMOTT

Another Oneself See
You can either practice being right or practice being kind.
ANNE LAMOTT

Choice Kindness Practice Right Yourself
Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it’s like they are holding the baby of you.
ANNE LAMOTT

Children Healing Hold People Scary Yourself
Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, “I hate you, God.” That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and maybe it is the first sincere thought you’ve had in months.
ANNE LAMOTT

God Hate Prayer Sincere Thinking Yourself
A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn’t protect itself and it doesn’t hide. It stands out, like a baby’s fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.
ANNE LAMOTT

Delicate Heart Myself Soul Stand Thinking

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Anne Lamott Quotes