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Evangelical Christians and I can sit down and talk one on one about how much we love Jesus, and yet I'm not carried in Christian bookstores.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess and out of it comes some joy. It must be magic.
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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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I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days.
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Having a baby is like suddenly getting the world's worst roommate, like having Janis Joplin with a bad hangover and PMS come to stay with you.
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Now she and I sit together in her room and eat chocolate, and I tell her that in a very long time when we both to go heaven, we should try to get chairs next to each other, close to the dessert table.
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I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me.
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Alice Adams wrote a sweet note to me after my first novel came out when I was 26, and I was so blown away that I sent her a bunch of stamps by return mail. I have no idea what I was thinking. It was a star-struck impulse.
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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.
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Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.
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So what are we supposed to do again, when we hate everything? You stop pretending life is such fun or makes sense. It's often messy and cruel and dull, and we do the best we can. It's unfair, and jerks seem to win. But you fall in love with a few people. Like I love you, Elizabeth. You're the angel God sent me.
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Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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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.
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