Anne Lamott

No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often blamed for the culture's bad people and behavior. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#bad #bad people #behavior #blamed #culture

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#i #known #person #resent #us

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#floats #forth #hope #image #onto

There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#comeback #down #lose #nothing #out

Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#bitter #extra #extra mile #feel #fuss

I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#i #plain #something #special #want

I accidentally forgot to graduate from college. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#college #forgot #graduate #i

It's a great time to be alive. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#great #great time #time

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#cry #heals #holding #know #lament

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#because #everything #give #hope #hopeless