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
health inspire sentences
No" is a complete sentence.
cain earth abel
This is a very violent place to live, the Earth, and we're a very violent species. Cain is still killing Abel. We see that every day.
people finding-yourself world
It is in many people's best interest for you not to find yourself, but it only matters that it is in yours, and the whole world's, to proceed.
best-friendship disappoint ifs
Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.
spiritual fuel path
On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight.
children book mind
This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.
christian believe terrible
I'm a terrible Christian and meditating is very hard for me, and I do it. I do it badly, like I do a lot of things. I believe in doing things badly.
writing sheep needs
The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason they write so very little. But we do. We have so much we want to say and figure out.
gratitude joy understanding
Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
writing publication cracked
Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.
obstacles should hurdle
You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course.
faith hardship wonderful
When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.
mistake fall kids
I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations, and our hearts get broken and out kids do scary things and our parents get old and don’t always remember to put pants on before they go out for a stroll. I don’t know why it’s not more like it is in the movies, why things don’t come out neatly and lessons can’t be learned when you’re in the mood for learning them, why love and grace often come in such motley packaging.
hard-work wife age
Age has given me the gift of me; it just gave me what I was always longing for, which was to get to be the woman I've already dreamt of being. Which is somebody who can do rest and do hard work and be a really constant companion, a constant, tender-hearted wife to myself.