What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
ANNE LAMOTTHuman lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we’re invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.
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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 can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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Expectations are resentments under construction.
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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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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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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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This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.
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The 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?
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I’m human, you’re human, let me greet your humanness. Let’s be people together for a while.
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You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town.
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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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