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Quote by Anne Lamott

“You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.”

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Anne Lamott is an American novelist born on April 10, 1954. Her works are known for their humor, directness, and profound emotional depth, primarily exploring themes of family, faith, and self-discovery. more

“Redd turned to her assassins. "What is it I always say?" The Cat, Sacrenoir, and the others bandied uncertain glances about. "Don’t be stupid?" ventured Alistaire. "I should kill you now?" offered The Cat. "Do I have to murder everyone myself?" tried Siren. "No, idiots! When in doubt, go for the head. That’s what I always say.”

Should Doubt Stupid Cat Murder Idiot Uncertain Glances Assassins When In Doubt Sirens

Author:Frank Beddor

“Even things that are true can be proved.”

Irony Ironic

Book:The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde

“It would be so much better if we could share our insecurity, if we could all venture inside ourselves and realize that green beans and vitamin C, however much they nurture us, cannot save lives, or sustain our souls.”

Ifs Soul Would Be Realizing Share Green Insecurity Venture Nurture Beans Vitamins Save A Life Green Beans

Author:Muriel Barbery

“...what I dread more than anything else in this life is noise...silence helps you to go inward..anyone who is interested in something more than just life outside actually needs silence.”

Needs Helping Life Is Silence Noise This Life Dread Inward

Author:Muriel Barbery

“..when I say that "he's a truly nasty man," I mean he has so thoroughly renounced everything good that he might have inside him that he's already like a corpse even though he's still alive. Because truly nasty people hate everyone, to be sure, but most of all themselves. Can't you tell when a person hates himself? He becomes a living cadaver, it numbs all his negative emotions but also all the good ones so he won't feel nauseated by who he is.”

People Men Feels Mean Persons Stills Might Hate Emotion Alive Negative Nasty Corpses Negative Emotions Cadavers Nasty People

Author:Muriel Barbery

“We musn't forget old people with their rotten bodies, old people who are so close to death, something that young people don't want to think about. We musn't forget that our bodies decline, friends die, everyone forgets about us, and the end is solitude. Nor must we forget that these old people were young once, that a lifespan is pathetically short, that one day you're twenty and the next day you're eighty.”

People Thinking Want Ends Body Young Dies Next Forget One Day Solitude Twenties Decline Next Day Old People Eighty Rotten Close To Death

Author:Muriel Barbery

“..if you dread tomorrow, it's because you don't know how to build the present, you tell yourself you can deal with it tomorrow, and it's a lost cause anyway because tomorrow always ends up becoming today, don't you see?”

Ifs Knows Ends Today Lost Causes Deals Know How Becoming Tomorrow Dread Lost Cause

Author:Muriel Barbery

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