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Anne Lamott quotes about kids

American Author April 10, 1954

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I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations, and our hearts get broken and out kids do scary things and our parents get old and don’t always remember to put pants on before they go out for a stroll. I don’t know why it’s not more like it is in the movies, why things don’t come out neatly and lessons can’t be learned when you’re in the mood for learning them, why love and grace often come in such... Anne Lamott
It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do. Anne Lamott
She wears latex bicycle shorts nearly every day, and I will tell you why: because she can. I consider it an act of aggression against the rest of us mothers who forgot to start working out after we had kids. Anne Lamott
Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with, and in rising up in the air, but then you're at the mercy of those holding you down, and if it's your older brother, or Paul Wolfowitz, they leap up, so that you crash down and get hurt. Anne Lamott
Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since the parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit how horrible their children are. ... you can either practice being right or practice being kind. Screaming in the car helped. [p. 94] Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott quote: "It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for..."
It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you. Anne Lamott
What if Sam's heart got broken again? As with most kids who are fourteen, it has been spackled and duct-taped and caulked back together many times as it is. [p. 258] Anne Lamott
One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break. Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott quote: "I started to cry then, and I cried for a long time without..."
I started to cry then, and I cried for a long time without making much noise. I cried and cried like a little kid. Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott quote: "When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down."
When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down. Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott quote: "After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head..."
After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid. Anne Lamott

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