“Delay is a gun pointed at the temple of confidence.” — Augusten Burroughs Confidence Copy Share Image
I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. — Augusten Burroughs Flaws Copy Share Image
I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated… — Augusten Burroughs Advertising Copy Share Image
Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“I wish Rick would be gang-raped by a bunch of Muslim garbage collectors.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart. — Augusten Burroughs Medical Copy Share Image
“If you don't like smoking don't even bother getting sober, just stay drunk.” — Augusten Burroughs Getting sober Copy Share Image
This is what happens when you go against the grain of truth. You get splinters later on. — Augusten Burroughs Grain Copy Share Image
“I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn’t deserve it. Because they are all you have. Because any attention… — Augusten Burroughs Love Copy Share Image
“In addition to calling each other standard names like bitch and whore, the Finches incorporated Freud's stages of psychosexual development into their… — Augusten Burroughs Finches Copy Share Image
“Never, ever try to impress somebody. Be exactly the person you would be if you were alone or with somebody it was… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
The truth is humbling, terrifying, and often exhilarating. It blows the doors off the hinges and fills the world with fresh air. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Stars should not be seen alone. That's why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One… — Augusten Burroughs Astronomy Copy Share Image
You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“I understood that instead of being a treat for me, the Certs had been a mild compromise for him. By letting me… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“The air is so clean out here, so fresh. Reminds me of when I was a little girl in Georgia." Then she… — Augusten Burroughs Beach Copy Share Image
“It was not uncommon to walk in the door of their home and find my mother sitting on the sofa reading over… — Augusten Burroughs Mother Copy Share Image
With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV,… — Augusten Burroughs Court Copy Share Image
In general, advertising isn't a "creative" atmosphere. It's a business atmosphere and your job is puzzle solving. My favorite aspect of the… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“I love her handbag. Inside are papers and her wallet and cigarettes and at the bottom, where she never looks, there is… — Augusten Burroughs Change Copy Share Image
Self-pity is the bestiality of emotions: it absolutely disgusts people. When you're feeling pity for yourself, and somebody says to you 'You… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
You must never allow something that happened to you to become a morbidly treasured heirloom that you carry, show people, put back… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“And then just as suddenly, I felt absolutely nothing. It was like a door quickly opened, showing me what horrible feelings I… — Augusten Burroughs Feelings Copy Share Image
“When I was ten years old, I realized I'd been kidnapped as a toddler. Of course, I would have to have been… — Augusten Burroughs Children Copy Share Image
For exactly the same reason, it is sometimes satisfying to cut yourself and bleed. On those gray [sic] days where eight in… — Augusten Burroughs Alive Copy Share Image
“It may seem to you that your life is over now. Your future without the person you love is no future at… — Augusten Burroughs Death Copy Share Image
“Be glad you don't have a vagina," my friend, who does have a vagina, told me. "You have to have a special… — Augusten Burroughs Friendship Copy Share Image
And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“After a horribly long day, I needed a mental break. I threw on my parka, with the raccoon fur around the hood,… — Augusten Burroughs Long day Copy Share Image
“Having one's mother or father or past abuser admit to their crimes or even apologize for them changes nothing--certainly not what they… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Parents who have lost a child should be told that they will never heal from their loss. They will always have a… — Augusten Burroughs Children Copy Share Image
“And I can't stop thinking about Pighead. I wish I could talk to him and he'd talk back. Use some sort of… — Augusten Burroughs Body heat Copy Share Image
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