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"44 Anne Lamott Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 10 April 1954 | Novelist | Writer | Activist | Public speaker |

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

I Understand Mystery Grace
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There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time.

Nothing Sweet Comeback Down
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When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens.
Hope Pinned Image Expectation
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You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

You Assume God Image
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Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Perfectionism Voice The Oppressor
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I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.

I Want Something Special
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No one can appropriate God, goodness, the Bible or Jesus. It just seems that way.

No Appropriate God Goodness
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The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate that, but it's the truth.

First Holy Truth God
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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

Experiences Alone Truth Friendship
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I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.
Known Years Resentment Hurt
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
Pay Attention Beauty Surrounding
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The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

Reason Never Give up Hope
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If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever.

If Present We have Lasts forever
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These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.

Cry Attention Move Joy
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It's a great time to be alive.

It's Great Time Alive
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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.

Nothing Heals People Cry
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I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.

Angriest Daughter Earth Most
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The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.

Whistle Waiting Blown Some ways
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If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot more spiritually evolved than at others.

Lives Moments Look Spiritually
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Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.

Presents Disappointments Life Sense
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I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the secular level. And to be a peace marcher, an activist for civil rights, peace and justice.

Raised Religious Training Influence
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I'm much calmer as I get older, but I'm still just as capable of getting that strung-out stressed-out feeling of mental and spiritual unwellness.

Calmer Older Capable Feeling
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I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.

Love Serve Everyone Bring
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I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians.

Think Jedus Divine Love
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I've heard that our greatest cross to carry is ourselves - how gravely we fall short.

Heard Greatest Cross Carry
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I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.

Write Gift God Help
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Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit.

Mothers Listen Respond Wisdom
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Mother's Day celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: that mothers are superior beings, that they have done more with their lives and chosen a more difficult path.

Mother's day Celebrates Value Women
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If you asked me, parents were supposed to affect the life of their child in such a way that the child grows up to be responsible, able to participate in life and in community.

Parents Affect Life Child
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I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.

Deep Understanding Opinion Read
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Joy is the best makeup.

Joy Best Makeup
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Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.

Forgiveness Giving up Hope Better past
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You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

You Practice Right Kind
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Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

Not forgiving Like Drinking Waiting
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A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.

Good Marriage People Feel
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It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.

Good Do Uncomffortable things Weight
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I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.

Remember Places Heart Exist
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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

God Something Wonderful Hardship
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Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue
Man Born Broken Lives
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Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.

Almost Good Writing Begins
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The difference between you and God is that God doesn't think He's you.

Difference You God Doesn't
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We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.

We Know Die Important
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Almost Everything Work again Unplug
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Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.

Gratitude Understanding Secret Joy
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Anne Lamott Quotes & Sayings