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Anne Lamott

"It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do."

Source : Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.92, Anchor

Anne Lamott

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