Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
ANNE LAMOTTExpectations are resentments under construction.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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Love 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.
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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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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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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.
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You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town.
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No is a complete sentence.
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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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So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
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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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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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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.
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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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