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
lovely trying born
When everything starts going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born.
mind trying quiet
and you try to quiet your mind so you can hear...
children typewriters trying
You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively. ... You put a piece of paper in the typewriter, or you turn on your computer and bring up the right file. ... You begin rocking, just a little at first, and then like a huge autistic child. ... Then your mental illnesses arrive at the desk like your sickest, most secretive relatives. And they pull up chairs in a semicircle around the computer, and they try to be quiet but you know they are there with their weird coppery breath, leering at you behind your back.
decision trying hook
I kept asking God for help, and after a while I realized something -- that Josh was not enjoying this either. He was just trying to take care of himself, and I made the radical decision to let him off the hook.
believe parent trying
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
crazy trying made
It was not facing what life dealt that made you crazy, but rather trying to set life straight where it was unstraightenable.
jesus water trying
I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.
touching trying looks
There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or her best, but you can see what a mess they all really are.
inspirational trying looks
We're out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look.
mean trying cleaning
Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.
mind trying neighborhood
My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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.
blow trying reason
Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.
secret trying pandas
I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.