I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Quote by Anne Lamott

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I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a...

I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a...

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

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

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict...

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict...

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention...

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention...

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention...

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention...

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and...

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and...

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns...

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns...

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns...

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns...

Five-second fuses only last three seconds.

Five-second fuses only last three seconds.

Always be wary of the Software Engineer who carries a screwdriver.

Always be wary of the Software Engineer who carries a screwdriver.

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

I wrote the word debauchery, but when I re-read it, I thought I had written...

I wrote the word debauchery, but when I re-read it, I thought I had written...

Nobody believes the official spokesman, but everybody trusts an unidentified source.

Nobody believes the official spokesman, but everybody trusts an unidentified source.

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws, I love it when they...

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws, I love it when they...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I like birthdays, but I think too many can kill you.

I like birthdays, but I think too many can kill you.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

Did you know if you yell 'Bloody Mary' 3 times in the mirror at 3am...

Did you know if you yell 'Bloody Mary' 3 times in the mirror at 3am...

I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French...

I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French...

The ascetism of early Christianity, which turned its back on the world of the flesh,...

The ascetism of early Christianity, which turned its back on the world of the flesh,...

She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.

She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.