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.
ANNE LAMOTTHere are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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No is a complete sentence.
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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
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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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Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner’s manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage.
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it’s like they are holding the baby of you.
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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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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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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Hope begins in the dark.
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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness.
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How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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