Laughter is carbonated holiness.
ANNE LAMOTTAnd 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.
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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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You can either practice being right or practice being kind.
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This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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Joy is the best makeup.
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I 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.
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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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A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn’t protect itself and it doesn’t hide. It stands out, like a baby’s fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.
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Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
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So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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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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