You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
Anne Lamott Quotes
I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.
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| Birth: | 10th April, 1954 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Activist, Novelist, Teacher, Writer |
About
Anne Lamott was born in San Francisco. She is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. She is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, her nonfiction works are largely autobiographical. Marked by their self-deprecating humor and openness, Lamott's writings cover such subjects as alcoholism, single-motherhood, depression, and Christianity. Her first published novel Hard Laughter was written for him after his diagnosis of brain cancer.
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