Joy is the best makeup.
ANNE LAMOTTWhat fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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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I’m human, you’re human, let me greet your humanness. Let’s be people together for a while.
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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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A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.
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Laughter is carbonated holiness.
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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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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 road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
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Grace means you’re in a different universe from where you had been stuck, when you had absolutely no way to get there on your own.
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Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.
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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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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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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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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
ANNE LAMOTT