We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
ANNE LAMOTTPay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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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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I didn’t need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees.
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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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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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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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Hope begins in the dark.
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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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Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.
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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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Laughter is carbonated holiness.
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