Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
ANNE LAMOTTWriting and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty.
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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.
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We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
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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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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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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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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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Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, “Well, isn’t she full of herself,” smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.
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Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
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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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Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness.
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Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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