We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
ANNE LAMOTTI’m human, you’re human, let me greet your humanness. Let’s be people together for a while.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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And she is going to dance, dance hungry, dance full, dance each cold astonishing moment, now when she is young and again when she is old.
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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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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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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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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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What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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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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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
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I’m not going to change the way people think about me, but I can say you know what? I’m not going to carry that in my backpack.
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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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When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.
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Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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