No is a complete sentence.
ANNE LAMOTTYou can either practice being right or practice being kind.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.
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Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
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Grace means you’re in a different universe from where you had been stuck, when you had absolutely no way to get there on your own.
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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
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Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, ‘Well, isn’t that fabulous? Because I need help too. So you go get that old woman over there some water, and I’ll figure out what we’re going to do about your stuff.
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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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I don’t remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.
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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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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?
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Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
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When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.
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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.
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One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline. But also every single day a kid needs a break.
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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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