“I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.” Quote by Anne Lamott
“I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days.” NovelPiecesFourWrittenSixThese DaysGenreNonfiction Author:Anne Lamott
“If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot more spiritually evolved than at others.” IfsLooksMadeMomentsOur LivesThousandStrings Author:Anne Lamott
“Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit.” MotherStrongPerspectiveSuits Author:Anne Lamott
“My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it.” YearsMotherChurchAtheistDevotedChristmas Eve Author:Anne Lamott
“No one can appropriate God, goodness, the Bible or Jesus. It just seems that way.” WaySeemsJesusGoodnessAppropriate Author:Anne Lamott
“The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.” WayWaitingAlways Waiting Author:Anne Lamott
“These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.” MovingJoyPayAttentionCryPridePay AttentionThese Days Author:Anne Lamott
“When I was a kid, our family used to watch 'Bonanza.' I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual.” KidsUsedNightWatchesTvsOur FamilySundayRitualSunday Night Author:Anne Lamott
“Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in India, a woman dying in the street will share her banana with anyone who needs it, whereas in America, people amass and hoard as many bananas as they can to sell for an exorbitant profit. So half of them go bad, anyway.” PeopleNeedsBelieveSaidAmericaMotherI BelieveHalfKnownShareStreetsDyingIndiaSellsProfitCuresExistentialismDreadExistentialBananasTeresa Author:Anne Lamott
“Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with, and in rising up in the air, but then you're at the mercy of those holding you down, and if it's your older brother, or Paul Wolfowitz, they leap up, so that you crash down and get hurt.” IfsLittlesBookPlayKidsHurtAirBrotherMercyDown AndExcitementRisingLeapCrashLittle KidOlder BrotherUp In The AirRising UpSeesaw Author:Anne Lamott