I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

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Anne Lamott was a contemporary American novelist and nonfiction writer. Anne Lamott is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Patience — The virtue of waiting, endurance, and quiet strength

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