Friday, August 9, 2013

Bird by Bird

By Anne Lamott

"We need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here." 32

"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor." 93

"There is ecstasy in paying attention" 100

"Perhaps we have the same problem with the word solution as we do with the word moral.  It sounds so fixative, and maybe we have gone beyond fixing.  Maybe all we can do is make our remaining time here full of gentleness and good humor." 107

"Sometimes I go about pitying myself.  And all the while I am being carried on great winds across the sky" 127

"I get up.  I walk. I fall down.  Meanwhile, I keep dancing." 130

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