Quote by Anne Lamott
Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but no

Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother. – Anne Lamott

Other quotes by Anne Lamott

I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing: Id hoped to wake up feeling somewhere between Virginia Woolf and Wavy Gravy. – Anne Lamott

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Fear
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When were dealing with the people in our family – no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs – we give from the deepest parts of ourselves. – Anne Lamott

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Family
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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you. – Anne Lamott

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alone
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Other Quotes from
Hope
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I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame. – Robert Mapplethorpe

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Hope

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Hope

Oh man. If I had magic powers… I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear. – Nick Stahl

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Hope

I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose – although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope. – Danny Boyle

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Hope

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