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  1. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about to be diagnosed with cancer. ... We want to teach you how to quiet the yammer ... how you can create comfort, inside and outside, how you can get warm, how you can feed yourself. And even learn to get through silence. ... There is a wilderness inside you, and a banquet. Both. {p. 253}
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  2. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    butterflies were wind energy made visible.
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  3. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    This is parenting on steroids.
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  4. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    {W}hen you're dreaming, you're not the one calling the shots. So it's a reprieve.
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  5. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    Do you think that we're wired this way? With the devil inside?" "Yeah, in the same way we're wired for God. But not to the same extent.
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  6. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    God loves you crazily, like I love you, Rae said, like a slightly overweight auntie, who sees only your marvelousness and need.
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  7. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    Look, if you don't have a bad attitude and lots of things wrong with you, no serious person is going to be interested. If you feel scared, outraged, confused most of the time, come on over. Have a seat.
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  8. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    You stop pretending life is such fin or makes sense. It's often messy and cruel and dull, and we do the best we can. It's unfair, and jerks seem to win. But you fall in love with a few people.
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  9. Anne Lamott _ Imperfect Birds

    Nah. But on the first day of class, when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew these people weren't fooling around.' " Lank
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