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I'm here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
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San Francisco County
California
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The clipping said forgiveness meant that God is for giving, and that we are here for giving too, and that to withold love or blessings is to be completely delusional.
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Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit how horrible their children are.
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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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When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.
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E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later.
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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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...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.
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Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet. quoting her pastor in Salon, April 25, 2003
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
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I wish there were shortcuts to wisdom and self-knowledge: cuter abysses or three-day spa wilderness experiences. Sadly, it doesn't work that way. I so resent this.
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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.
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My idea of everything going smoothly on an airplane is (a) that I not die in a slow-motion fiery crash or get stabbed to death by terrorists and (b) that none of the other passengers try to talk to me. All conversation should end at the moment the wheels leave the ground.
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What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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I'm a terrible Christian and meditating is very hard for me, and I do it. I do it badly, like I do a lot of things. I believe in doing things badly.
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I do believe that God is with us even when we're at our craziest and that this goodness guides, provides, and protects.
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This is who I want to be in the world. This is who I think we are supposed to be, people who help call forth human beings from deep inside hopelessness.
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For twenty years I have ached to go back home, when there was nobody there to whom I could return.
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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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But easy's like, who cares? Easy's like, how much is easy going to get you?
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I became a Christian before I got sober. So I was a drunk, bulimic Christian.
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