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What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Needs
Forgot
Make
Mention
People
Mess
Somehow
Order
Find
Need
Messes
Children
Perfectionism

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When everything starts going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born.
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I have been somebody who has not written a great deal about the truth of my family's life.
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Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking.
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Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.
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A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
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If you are hoping to find your self-worth and fulfillment in other peoples' opinion of your writing, you will never find it.
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I became a Christian before I got sober. So I was a drunk, bulimic Christian.
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Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare.
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I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.
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If you want to make God laugh, tell her your plans.
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Sometimes Heaven is just a new pair of glasses.
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It's better to be kind than to be right.
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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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