Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away.

Quote by Anne Lamott

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets...

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets...

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...

At what point to people get in their car and think 'I'm going to take...

At what point to people get in their car and think 'I'm going to take...

Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.

Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.

I put my hand on the dark skin and felt the chill of centuries long...

I put my hand on the dark skin and felt the chill of centuries long...

When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion...

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion...

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember...

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember...

Take hold of this (charm) that subjects to immortality (life), may thy life unto old...

Take hold of this (charm) that subjects to immortality (life), may thy life unto old...

If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.

If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said...

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said...

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

Fitness: if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.

Fitness: if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.