Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
ANNE LAMOTTA 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe.
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Hope begins in the dark.
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Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
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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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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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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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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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Laughter is carbonated holiness.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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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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Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness.
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So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
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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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