Joy is the best makeup.
ANNE LAMOTTI 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.
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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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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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Hope begins in the dark.
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And she is going to dance, dance hungry, dance full, dance each cold astonishing moment, now when she is young and again when she is old.
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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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What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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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’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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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness.
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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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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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