American - Author | April 10, 1954 -
When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs - we give from the deepest parts of ourselves.
Anne Lamott
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I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don't know.
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It's a great time to be alive.
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I hate the summer.
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Summer nearly does me in every year. It's too hot and the light is unforgiving and the days go on way too long.
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I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my concentration but like much of my psychic damage, this worked to everyone's advantage.
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I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.
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I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier.
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I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.
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I accidentally forgot to graduate from college.
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I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer.
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If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever.
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