Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamottis an American novelist and non-fiction writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth10 April 1954
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
song drama life-is-like
Life is like a recycling center, where all the concerns and dramas of humankind get recycled back and forth across the universe. But what you have to offer is your own sensibility, maybe your own sense of humor or insider pathos or meaning. All of us can sing the same song, and there will still be four billion different renditions.
You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.
christian children fighting
As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life, and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that. It is a moral necessity that we not be forced to bring children into the world for whom we cannot be responsible and adoring and present. We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.
writing men important
We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.
space laughing parent
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.
spiritual thinking car
Every time I see the bumper sticker that says “We think we’re humans having spiritual experiences, but we’re really spirits having human experiences,” I (a) think it’s true and (b) want to ram the car.
wings water grace
Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking.
patience mind trying
Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper.
drinking waiting forgiving
In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.
blow trying reason
Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.
feelings body range
If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.
broken invisible poet
Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places.
different
The truth of my experience is that we are all a lot more alike than we are different.
long people grudge
I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me.