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.
ANNE LAMOTTAnd as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we’re invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.
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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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Your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young, all the ages you’ve ever been.
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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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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.
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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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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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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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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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