Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
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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Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness.
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What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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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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The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
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Hope begins in the dark.
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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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You can either practice being right or practice being kind.
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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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Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner’s manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage.
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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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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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