Author: Anne Lamott

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My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.

My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.

- Anne Lamott

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

- Anne Lamott

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

- Anne Lamott

Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage.

Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage.

- Anne Lamott

I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service.

I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service.

- Anne Lamott

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

- Anne Lamott

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

- Anne Lamott

Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

- Anne Lamott

Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.

Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.

- Anne Lamott

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