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. Anne Lamott More Quotes by Anne Lamott More Quotes From Anne Lamott I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist. Anne Lamott students writing book Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. Anne Lamott voice motivational inspirational You have to keep taking the next necessary stitch, and the next one, and the next. Without stitches, you just have rags. And we are not rags. Anne Lamott stitches rags next Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. Anne Lamott becoming conscious I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians. Anne Lamott christian jesus thinking She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together. Anne Lamott mosaics together littles Being enough was going to have to be an inside job. Anne Lamott enough jobs Maybe it's wishful thinking, this snaggly faith of mine, or maybe it's Miles Davis saying, Don't play what's there, play what's not there. Anne Lamott miles play thinking Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother. Anne Lamott giving-up mother cute It's so great to be able to make people laugh, because this is so often how we get our selves back. Anne Lamott self laughing people Expectations are resentment waiting to happen. Anne Lamott resentment expectations waiting This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won't wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be. Anne Lamott ocean artist heart You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you to write it. Anne Lamott use want writing 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 levels life-is children As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life, and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that. It is a moral necessity that we not be forced to bring children into the world for whom we cannot be responsible and adoring and present. We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society. Anne Lamott fighting christian children Jealousy always has been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed. I’ve had many years of recovery and therapy, years filled with intimate and devoted friendships, yet I still struggle. I know that when someone gets a big slice of pie, it doesn’t mean there’s less for me. In fact, I know that there isn’t even a pie, that there’s plenty to go around, enough food and love and air. But I don’t believe it for a second. I secretly believe there’s a pie. I will go to my grave brandishing my fork. Anne Lamott recovery struggle believe Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare. Anne Lamott forgiveness lunch mean Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects. Anne Lamott miracle new-relationship character I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. Anne Lamott funny-inspirational inspiring children You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. Anne Lamott making-mistakes who-you-are mistake
