The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that youre only as well as you are. – Anne Lamott
Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere… You dont have to dress up, for instance, and you cant hear them boo you right away. – Anne Lamott
Some people wont go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter. – Anne Lamott
I am the woman I grew to be partly in spite of my mother, and partly because of the extraordinary love of her best friends, and my own best friends mothers, and from surrogates, many of whom were not women at all but gay men. I have loved them my entire life, even after their passing. – Anne Lamott