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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.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, 'This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I’m going to go hide in the garage.'
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Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in India, a woman dying in the street will share her banana with anyone who needs it, whereas in America, people amass and hoard as many bananas as they can to sell for an exorbitant profit. So half of them go bad, anyway.
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I never had a particularly strong craving to procreate, except for earlier fantasies of wanting to be Marmee in Little Women.
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Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean they show us how to live and die.
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Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to pay attention, stomp away to brood when people annoy us, and then eat a big bag of Hershey's Kisses in bed?
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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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'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.
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All criticism hurts me. I'm so in the wrong business.
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