Anne Lamott Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.”

“There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time.”

“Life is really pretty tricky, and there's a lot of loss, and the longer you stay alive, the more people you lose whom you actually couldn't live without.”

“When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs - we give from the deepest parts of ourselves.”

“Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.”

“Sometimes I think God loves the ones who most desperately ache and are most desperately lost - his or her wildest, most messed-up children - the way you'd ache and love a screwed-up rebel daughter in juvenile hall.”

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.”

“I accidentally forgot to graduate from college.”

“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”

“The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are.”