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Life does not seem to present itself to me for my convenience, to box itself up nicely so I can write about it with wisdom and a point to make before putting it on a shelf somewhere.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable worry about being absent or fraudulent.
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I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.
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I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.
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For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother.
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Write as if your parents are dead.
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I'm very successful, but there are 50,000 general interest books published every year. If you don't want to read mine, there are others.
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Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without judgment: It is, sadly, true. An unhealthy mother's love is withering.
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Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with, and in rising up in the air, but then you're at the mercy of those holding you down, and if it's your older brother, or Paul Wolfowitz, they leap up, so that you crash down and get hurt.
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Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none of my business.
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it.
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Some people wanted to get rich or famous, but my friends and I wanted to get real. We wanted to get deep. (Also, I suppose, we wanted to get laid.)
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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
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My gratitude for good writing is unbounded I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.
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There is something so tender about this to me, about being willing to have your makeup wash off, your eyes tear up, your nose start to run. Its tender partly because it harkens back to infancy, to your mother washing your face with love and lots or water, tending to you, making you clean all over again.
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