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"Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos." ~ANNE LAMOTT

“Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

"Modesty…is a virtue the world doesn’t have much truck with: one ordinary flower in a vase, as opposed to a bouquet." ~ANNE LAMOTT

“If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“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.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“Forgiving myself makes it possible to forgive [others], too. Maybe this is grace, or simply the passage of time. Whatever you want to call this, I’ll take it.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“A good marriage is supposed to be one where each spouse secretly thinks he or she got the better deal.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

"[Jesus's] message is that we’re all sort of nuts and suspicious and petty and full of crazy hungers, and everything feels awful a lot of the time, but even so—one’s behavior needs to be better. One needs to be decent." ~ANNE LAMOTT

“In this cold, scary world, whenever possible, we pick up after ourselves and turn up the flame of our lanterns just a smidge.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“Reading and books are medicine.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“Stories are written and told by and for people who have been broken, but who have risen up, or will rise, if attention is paid to them. Those people are you and us. Stories and truth are splints for the soul.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“If you want to feel loving...do something loving. This is basic soul care.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“[Remember] what happens in fairy tales: The helper always appears in a form that doesn’t look very helpful, yet that’s who’s going to get you out of the woods. In fairy tales you have to stay open to the search, and to goodness and generosity.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“My secular father’s only strong spiritual directive: Don’t be an asshole, and make sure everybody eats.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“Jesus always...gave crazy people some space. He would say, ‘Go ahead. You’re a mess. Go be a mess. Work it out. We’ll talk again.’” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“We have become a country that you wouldn’t want to leave your children alone with.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

"In the long haul, grace will win out over everything, over the misery, the stupidity, the dishonesty." ~ANNE LAMOTT

“If there were no other proof of the existence of a bigger reality than birds, they would do it for me.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“We’re not so special. That’s the good and bad news.” ~ANNE LAMOTT

“Thank *God* there are no live feeds of our minds streaming online.” ~ANNE LAMOTT