I was raised in a family where none of us ever raised a voice, so there was no room to express feelings of rage or even unabashed joy - a little bashed joy, here or there, or being mildly disgruntled. Anne Lamott bashdisgruntleexpress Change image and share on social
For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother. Anne Lamott acceptbigbrother Change image and share on social
Evangelical Christians and I can sit down and talk one on one about how much we love Jesus, and yet I'm not carried in Christian bookstores. Anne Lamott bookstorecarrychristian Change image and share on social
When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. Anne Lamott expectationfloathope Change image and share on social
I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties. Anne Lamott closehavemarriage Change image and share on social
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. Anne Lamott afflictannoydeal share on social
I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame. Anne Lamott anxietycolleagueculture share on social
I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my concentration but like much of my psychic damage, this worked to everyone's advantage. Anne Lamott advantagebusychain share on social
The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless. Anne Lamott basicallygivehope 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
