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Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s was mind altering.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Altering
Canon
Poetry
Works
Reading
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And you try to quiet your mind so you can hear.
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butterflies were wind energy made visible.
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You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible.
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Your unconscious can't work when you are breathing down its neck.
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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 has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.
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The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me away.
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You are going to have to give and give and give, or there's no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from the deepest part of yourself, and you are going to have to go on giving, and the giving is going to have to be its own reward. There is no cosmic importance to your getting something published, but there is in learning to be a giver.
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I was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. And when it's over, it's over.
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But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open.
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To be great, art has to point somewhere.
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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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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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My dad taught me that to be a writer is a decision and a habit. It's not anything lofty, and it doesn't have that much to do with inspiration. You have to develop the habit of being a certain way with yourself. You do it at the debt of honor.
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... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65]
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If you're lucky you find your way into a spiritual community and you start to find the great teachers of all the ages who said the same thing. There's only love, you're made of love.
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It's almost like learning to meditate to learn to hear what your kid is actually saying.
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Anne Lamott’s priest friend Tom, how to get through: Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe, he said. Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe. Salon April 25, 2003
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... everyone has come to understand that unconditional love is a reality, but with as shelf life of about eight to ten seconds. [p. 110]
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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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