Энн Ламотт цитаты
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Энн Ламотт
Дата рождения:10. Апрель 1954
Другие имена:אן למוט,آنا لاموت
Цитаты Энн Ламотт
„For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.“
— Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
„Joy is the best makeup.“
— Anne Lamott
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
„And I felt like my heart had been so thoroughly and irreparably broken that there could be no real joy again, that at best there might eventually be a little contentment. Everyone wanted me to get help and rejoin life, pick up the pieces and move on, and I tried to, I wanted to, but I just had to lie in the mud with my arms wrapped around myself, eyes closed, grieving, until I didn’t have to anymore.“
— Anne Lamott
Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
„Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.“
— Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
„Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.“
— Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
„You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.“
— Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
„Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.“
— Anne Lamott
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
