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Anne Lamott Inspirational Quotes (567)

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You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible.
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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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If you have a problem you can solve by throwing money at it, you don't have a very interesting problem.
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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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You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course.
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No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.
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All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.
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My deepest belief is that to live as if we're dying can set us free. Dying people teach you to pay attention and to forgive and not to sweat the small things.
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The difference between a writer who toughs it out and one who doesn't is that you push through the parts where you know that you've just written seven pages when all you're looking for is one paragraph.
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I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
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Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.
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The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.
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Mostly what happens in the novels never happened in real life.
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In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.
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I got one of the five golden tickets to be a writer, and I take that seriously. I don't love my own work at all, but I love my own self. I love that I've been given the chance to capture the stories that come through me.
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A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I'm not going to take anything away from you, you have to give it to Me.
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You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.
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Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea that all parents are somehow superior to non-parents.
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[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer if you love, you will grieve. (68)
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The mix in our rooms is so touching: the clutter and the cracks in the wall belie a bleakness or brokenness in our lives while photos and a few rare objects show our pride, our rare shining moments ... these rooms are future ruins
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It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.
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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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Joy is the best makeup.
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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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