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.
ANNE LAMOTTDogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
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Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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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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Hope begins in the dark.
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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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I’m not going to change the way people think about me, but I can say you know what? I’m not going to carry that in my backpack.
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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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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Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.
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We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
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Joy is the best makeup.
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