Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
ANNE LAMOTTThe miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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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The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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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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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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I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
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When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.
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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline. But also every single day a kid needs a break.
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A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.
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I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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