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A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Back Believers Both Dark Different Faith Go In Other Words Keeping Life Light Lot Madness Other Ready Religions Through Tide Together Turn Us Voters Walking Whole Words

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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Alone Best Disappoint Ever Experiences Friendship Rarely Truth Will You Your Yours

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Summer nearly does me in every year. It's too hot and the light is unforgiving and the days go on way too long.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Days Does Every Go Hot Light Long Me Nearly Summer Too Unforgiving Way Year

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I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my concentration but like much of my psychic damage, this worked to everyone's advantage.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Advantage Busy Chains Child Component Concentration Damage Everyone Fingers Gave Had Like Love Much Never Perhaps Psychiatric Psychic Thin To Love Up Used Worked

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My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give it to me to untangle. It would have a shiny, sweaty smell, and excite me: Gold chains linked you to the great fairy tales and myths, to Arabia, and India; to the great weight of the world, but lighter than a feather.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Arabia Back Chain Chains Drawer Excite Fairy Fairy Tales Feather Find Give Gold Great India Knot Lighter Linked Me Might Mother Myths Shiny Smell Sweaty Tales Than Thin Tight Weight World Would You

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I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Become Best College Dropped Learn Maryland Out Possible Reasons Then Writer

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I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Am Around Attention Close Eyes Flowers Going Hectic Listen Look Pay Pay Attention Spring Trees Try Up I Am

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I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Am Candles Earth Going Light Lights March Moon Notice Our Present Spring Stars Sun Us Which I Am

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Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with, and in rising up in the air, but then you're at the mercy of those holding you down, and if it's your older brother, or Paul Wolfowitz, they leap up, so that you crash down and get hurt.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Air Being Book Book Tour Brother Crash Down Excitement Get Having Holding Hurt Kid Leap Like Little Little Kid Mercy Older Older Brother Paul Play Rising Someone Then Those Tour Up You Your

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The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: About Another Birthday Celebrating Only Part Shock Well Worst You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 10th, 1954

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