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.
ANNE LAMOTTYou 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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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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.
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I don’t remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.
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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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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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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
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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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Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
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I was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. And when it’s over, it’s over.
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The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don’t think your way into becoming yourself.
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Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.
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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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