Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
ANNE LAMOTTLighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
ANNE LAMOTTPeople help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we are saved.
ANNE LAMOTTNo is a complete sentence.
ANNE LAMOTTDon’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
ANNE LAMOTTJoy is the best makeup.
ANNE LAMOTTWhen faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
ANNE LAMOTTI think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe.
ANNE LAMOTTLove 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.
ANNE LAMOTTForgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
ANNE LAMOTTI 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.
ANNE LAMOTTA 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 LAMOTTYou can either practice being right or practice being kind.
ANNE LAMOTTWhat fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
ANNE LAMOTTI am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.
ANNE LAMOTTLove is so much bigger than our ignorance.
ANNE LAMOTTLaughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness.
ANNE LAMOTT