Anne Lamott is an American teacher, speaker, and author of numerous novels and nonfiction books. Her writings and teachings cover subjects such as faith, Christianity, and sobriety.
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Suspicion often creates what it suspects.
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Stay a verb—don’t become a noun.
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One of the deepest purposes of all art is to marry what is with what can be.
Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.
We are not victims of our genes, but masters of our fates, able to create lives overflowing with peace, happiness, and love.
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Questioning ourselves for being ‘oversensitive’ is a common way that women, in particular, disqualify our legitimate anger and hurt. . . . The fact that some of us feel more vulnerable than others in a particular context does not mean we are weak or lesser in any way.
Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.
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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it.
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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’