The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
ANNE LAMOTTThe road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
ANNE LAMOTTExpectations are resentments under construction.
ANNE LAMOTTAgain 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.
ANNE LAMOTTBecoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
ANNE LAMOTTPay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
ANNE LAMOTTThe 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 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 LAMOTTRule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
ANNE LAMOTTWe are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
ANNE LAMOTTNothing 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 LAMOTTDogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
ANNE LAMOTTLighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
ANNE LAMOTTYou own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
ANNE LAMOTTLove is so much bigger than our ignorance.
ANNE LAMOTTChurches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.
ANNE LAMOTT