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About Anne Lamott
American novelist and nonfiction writer
Anne Lamott is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. She is known for work that blends fiction with personal and reflective nonfiction, and for a voice that is direct, candid, and observant. Her writing often draws on everyday life, faith, family, addiction, recovery, and the struggles and small consolations of ordinary experience. She has built a large body of quoted material on the site, reflecting the wide reach of her public voice and the clarity of her style.
More from Anne Lamott (268 quotes) →Keep reading Anne Lamott
- “I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense.…”Anne Lamott
- “Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.”Anne Lamott
- “I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians.”Anne Lamott
- “My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where s…”Anne Lamott
Grief: more sayings
- “Since he died some of the colours have disappeared. I have lost the violet of seeing him, the indigo of touch…”Thomas Harding
- “His suppressed grief becomes anger. But what can he do with anger? It must also be suppressed.”Hilary Mantel
- “...there's the suffering from love and the suffering from grief - either pain permanently scars the soul...”John Geddes
Time: more sayings
- “I can't say I've ever had a dream about space or that I ponder it all the time.”John Glenn
- “I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to be a…”Jason Robert Brown
- “My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehor…”Don Rickles