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
bigger audience ifs
If I have a huge audience, I'd like a bigger audience; maybe slightly a slightly more illustrious audience.
important ask-me ifs
Now, if you ask me, what’s going on is that we’re all up to here in it, and probably the most important thing is that we not yell at one another.
thinking opinion ifs
Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn't, they would get a new one.
writing parent ifs
Write as if your parents are dead.
forever lasts ifs
If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever.
prayer praying ifs
I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.
best-friendship disappoint ifs
Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.
safe stuck ifs
If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When nothing new can get in, that's death.
minutes ifs including
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
The American way is to not need help, but to help.
created faith god hates image opposite people turns
The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or she hates all the same people you do.
capable feeling mental spiritual
I'm much calmer as I get older, but I'm still just as capable of getting that strung-out stressed-out feeling of mental and spiritual unwellness.
chosen difficult huge lie lives mothers superior value women
Mother's Day celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: that mothers are superior beings, that they have done more with their lives and chosen a more difficult path.
carry cross heard ourselves
I've heard that our greatest cross to carry is ourselves - how gravely we fall short.