Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, “I hate you, God.” That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and maybe it is the first sincere thought you’ve had in months.
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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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.
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You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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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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The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm?
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No is a complete sentence.
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I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier.
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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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Hope begins in the dark.
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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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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.
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