You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don’t think your way into becoming yourself.
ANNE LAMOTTYou have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don’t think your way into becoming yourself.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it’s like they are holding the baby of you.
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You can either practice being right or practice being kind.
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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People help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we are saved.
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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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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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Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, ‘Well, isn’t that fabulous? Because I need help too. So you go get that old woman over there some water, and I’ll figure out what we’re going to do about your stuff.
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Grace means you’re in a different universe from where you had been stuck, when you had absolutely no way to get there on your own.
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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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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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Human 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.
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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
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