We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
ANNE LAMOTTWe are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
ANNE LAMOTTWe 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.
ANNE LAMOTTWhat fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
ANNE LAMOTTA good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.
ANNE LAMOTTJoy is the best makeup.
ANNE LAMOTTAnd as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
ANNE LAMOTTHope begins in the dark.
ANNE LAMOTTHere are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.
ANNE LAMOTTNo is a complete sentence.
ANNE LAMOTTLaughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness.
ANNE LAMOTTAgain 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.
ANNE LAMOTTMy mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
ANNE LAMOTTI thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.
ANNE LAMOTTLove falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.
ANNE LAMOTTI do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the last twenty-five years, that there’s something to be said about keeping prayer simple. Help, Thanks, Wow.
ANNE LAMOTTAlmost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
ANNE LAMOTT