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.
ANNE LAMOTTLaughter is carbonated holiness.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.
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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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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including 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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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
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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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How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.
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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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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.
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Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.
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The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
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To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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