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Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Effervescent
Bubbly
Holiness
Laughter
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Write regularly, whether you feel like writing or not, and whether you think what you're writing is any good or not.
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Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly.
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We all have the dark, ignorant shadow inside us. I have worked endlessly to reveal it and heal it in me, but of course there's some primitive weird stuff in me. The Tea Party is about exhorting white supremacy, though, so I've had a tiny bit of trouble experiencing sympathy.
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When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down.
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Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, “Well, isn’t she full of herself,” smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.
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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save they just stand there shining.
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'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.
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I don't know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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