...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.
Anne LamottI was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
Anne LamottBooks help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.
Anne LamottI don't see myself as a deep philosopher. The things I write about tend to be what we all have to face, or consider, or experience, that I talk about with my friends and brothers. It's universal stuff, told in my own voice, my own details and truth, which is all I have to offer.
Anne LamottJealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you’ve been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going to have to deal with it, because some wonderful, dazzling successes are going to happen for some of the most awful, angry, undeserving writers you know-people who are, in other words, not you.
Anne Lamott