Anne Lamott
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Bird by Bird
81 editions
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1994
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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
26 editions
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1999
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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
26 editions
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1993
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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
32 editions
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2004
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Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
34 editions
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published
2012
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Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
29 editions
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published
2007
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
2 editions
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published
2018
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Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son
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14 editions
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2012
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Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
13 editions
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2014
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
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2017
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“You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.”
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“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
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“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”
― Bird by Bird
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