“People who read Anne Lamott, like people who read Anne Rice, believe that tragedy is romantic, but the people who read Anne Lamott believe it ironically.”
“You own everything that happend to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.-- Anne Lamott”
“People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne.”
“But Lou Anne, she understood the point of the book before she even read it. The one who was missing the point this time was me.”
“Ann: I feel like I should read verses and be comforted. But it doesn’t happen.”
“…I think,' concluded Anne, hitting on a very vital truth, 'that we always love best the people who need us.”