Anne Lamott quotes - page 6

Now, if you ask me, what's going on is that we're all up to here in it, and probably the most important thing is that we not yell at one another. (Anne Lamott)
The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled bulbs, throw in a handful of poppy seeds, and cover it all over, and you know you'll never see it again - it's death and clay and shrivel, and your hands are nicked from the rocks, your nails black with soil. View quote
Anne Lamott
Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper. View quote
Anne Lamott
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. View quote
Anne Lamott
I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced. View quote
Anne Lamott
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal. View quote
Anne Lamott
I was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. And when it's over, it's over. View quote
Anne Lamott
I smiled back at her. 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. View quote
Anne Lamott
... one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret insanity and brokenness and rage. View quote
Anne Lamott
One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break. View quote
Anne Lamott
... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]. (Anne Lamott)
She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together. View quote
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott's priest friend Tom, how to get through: "Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe," he said. "Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe." Salon April 25, 2003. View quote
Anne Lamott
Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn't needed the transportation. View quote
Anne Lamott
If we can believe in the Gnostic gospel of Thomas, old Uncle Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don't bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth can destroy you. View quote
Anne Lamott
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are. View quote
Anne Lamott
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. View quote
Anne Lamott
Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you. View quote
Anne Lamott
I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present. View quote
Anne Lamott
I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier. View quote
Anne Lamott
Life is really pretty tricky, and there's a lot of loss, and the longer you stay alive, the more people you lose whom you actually couldn't live without. (Anne Lamott)
When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. View quote
Anne Lamott
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. View quote
Anne Lamott
I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us. View quote
Anne Lamott
I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist. View quote
Anne Lamott