I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and hope, that someone who is as messed up and neurotic and scarred and scared can be fully accepted by our dear Lord, no questions asked. Anne Lamott acceptaskchristianity share on social
If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever. Anne Lamott foreverlastpresent Change image and share on social
Alice Adams wrote a sweet note to me after my first novel came out when I was 26, and I was so blown away that I sent her a bunch of stamps by return mail. I have no idea what I was thinking. It was a star-struck impulse. Anne Lamott adamaliceblow share on social
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. Anne Lamott findgraceleave Change image and 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
Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away. Anne Lamott amazeattentionboo 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 go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up. Anne Lamott churchfillstation Change image and share on social
No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often blamed for the culture's bad people and behavior. Anne Lamott americabadbehavior Change image and share on social
I am the woman I grew to be partly in spite of my mother, and partly because of the extraordinary love of her best friends, and my own best friends' mothers, and from surrogates, many of whom were not women at all but gay men. I have loved them my entire life, even after their passing. Anne Lamott entireextraordinaryfriend share on social
