My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog. - Anne Lamott 1 Share Now -
We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society. - Anne Lamott 2 Share Now -
When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs - we give from the deepest parts of ourselves. - Anne Lamott 3 Share Now -
If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young. - Anne Lamott 4 Share Now -
I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony. - Anne Lamott 5 Share Now -
I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and hope, that someone who is as messed up and neurotic and scarred and scared can be fully accepted by our dear Lord, no questions asked. - Anne Lamott 6 Share Now -
Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter. - Anne Lamott 7 Share Now -
The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are. - Anne Lamott 8 Share Now -
My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. - Anne Lamott 9 Share Now -
When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs - we give from the deepest parts of ourselves. - Anne Lamott 10 Share Now -
