Nancy

“Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It’s going to break your heart. Don’t let this happen.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“I kept my expectations low, which is one of the secrets of life.”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“A good marriage is supposed to be one where each spouse secretly thinks he or she got the better deal.”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“Pope Francis says the name of God is mercy. Our name was mercy, too, until we put it away to become more productive, more admired and less vulnerable. We tend to forget it's still there.”
― Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy