Anne Lamott Quotes

I am either blessed or cursed with having little barrier between feeling emotions and displaying them for all to see. My heart is on my sleeve. It's not comfortable but... I am an artist so it's useful and my friends are used to me getting teary at any moment.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

You can still be a man and have an emotional side.

I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm human, and everything doesn't go right all the time.

I'm kind of a warrior for love, and I wear my heart on my sleeve.

Wear your heart on your sleeve and be kind. And just be the way you are-what you see is what you get.

It's okay to put your heart on your sleeve. Okay to have that softer side - the softer side in the sense of being able to listen, to deal with fear, to not always be so dominant.

It is a terrible thing to be so open: it is as if my heart put on a face and walked into the world.

I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.

Part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you.

To be a writer, open your heart. Keep it open. You can't be a writer with a closed heart.

Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.

I feel the most vulnerable when I'm in love. When my heart is open, and when life is making me feel like I have to open up myself completely. Love has a tendency to do that.

In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in.

I'm a sucker for a man who cries. It just gets to me.

I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve.

You put your heart and soul into something and it makes you a little bit vulnerable.

Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek.

My best advice would be that you have to be vulnerable with each other. Like, everyone says you have to be honest, you have to communicate; like, yes, of course, but you gotta be willing to be vulnerable.

Wear your heart on your skin in this life.

I like to be fragile. I like that. I try to be close to that energy and sensibility.

In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.

'Edward Scissorhands' was tough to let go of because I found real safety in allowing myself to be that open, that honest. To explore purity. It was a hard one to walk away from.

I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.

You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.