We write to expose the unexposed. Most human beings are dedicated to keeping that one door shut. But the writer's job is to see what's behind it, to see the bleak unspeakable stuff, and to turn the unspeakable into words - not just into any words but if we can, into rhythm and blues. You can't do this without discovering your own true voice, and you can't find your true voice and peer behind the door and report honestly and clearly to us if your parents are reading over your shoulder.

Anne Lamott

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Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.

Anne Lamott

Mots clés forgiveness retribution

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What if we gave fifty percent of our discretionary budget to the world’s poor and then counted on the moral power of that action to protect us?

Anne Lamott

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But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open.

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The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason they write so very little. But we do. We have so much we want to say and figure out.

Anne Lamott

Mots clés humor writing

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A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.

Anne Lamott

Mots clés marriage

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My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable

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I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me--that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Anne Lamott

Mots clés spiritual

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You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town

Anne Lamott

Mots clés recovery

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We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not just into any words, but if we can, into rhythm and blues.

Anne Lamott

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