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. Anne Lamott alivelifelive Change image and share on social
The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are. Anne Lamott badbirthdaycelebrate Change image and share on social
No one tells you that your life is effectively over when you have a child: that you're never going to draw another complacent breath again... or that whatever level of hypochondria and rage you'd learned to repress and live with is going to seem like the good old days. Anne Lamott breathchildcomplacent share on social
I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can cover the result is infuriating. Anne Lamott coverfireforest Change image and share on social
I happen to be a Christian, but I know that there is one God. People worshipping goodness and love and kindness and truth are worshipping the same God. Anne Lamott christiangodgoodness Change image and share on social
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later. Anne Lamott bookgratificationgreat Change image and share on social
I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows. Anne Lamott altarbirdbathbox share on social
My mother's eyes were large and brown, like my son's, but unlike Sam's, they were always frantic, like a hummingbird who can't quite find the flower but keeps jabbing around. Anne Lamott browneyefind Change image and share on social
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. Anne Lamott agecompanionconstant share on social
Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without judgment: It is, sadly, true. An unhealthy mother's love is withering. Anne Lamott childdifficultequip Change image and share on social