What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
ANNE LAMOTTAlmost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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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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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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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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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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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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I 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.
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Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
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Laughter is carbonated holiness.
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The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.
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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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Joy is the best makeup.
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