She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Anne Lamott’s priest friend Tom, how to get through: "Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe," he said. "Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe." Salon April 25, 2003

My friend Terry says that when you need to make a decision, in your work or otherwise, and you don’t know what to do, just do one thing or the other, because the worst that can happen is that you will have made a terrible mistake.

It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.

My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.

'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.