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Anne Lamott Quotes

born 1954 United States

Anne Lamott (born 10 April 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer.

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You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

..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.

Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison, and then waiting around for the rat to die.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

The game of life is hard, and a lot of us are playing hurt.

The dressing-room encounter that made me get real about aging" The Washington Post (2023)

When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader.

All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.

The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate that, but it's the truth.

So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.

100 years from now? All new people.

We know by a certain age the great palace lies of the culture — if you buy or do or achieve this or that, you will be happy and rich. Nope. Love and service make us rich.

The dressing-room encounter that made me get real about aging" The Washington Post (2023)

Laughter is carbonated holiness.

Do I think the sky is falling? Sort of.

The dressing-room encounter that made me get real about aging" The Washington Post (2023)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anne Lamott (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.