Steve Rose

“If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When nothing new can get in, that's death.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

“Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we’re invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: Three Essential Prayers

“I pray not to be such a whiny, self-obsessed baby, and give thanks that I am not quite as bad as I used to be (talk about miracles). Then something comes up, and I overreact and blame and sulk, and it feels like I haven't made any progress at all. But it turns out I'm less of a brat than before, and I hit the reset button much sooner, shake it off, and get my sense if humor back.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

“Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers