“Delay is a gun pointed at the temple of confidence.” — Augusten Burroughs Confidence Copy Share Image
“he already knew how horrible I could be, yet he loved me, anyway.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them. — Augusten Burroughs Attractive 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 Fart Copy Share Image
“Because all of us are made not only of what we have but what we lost. And loss is not a subtraction.… — Augusten Burroughs Loss Copy Share Image
Miracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles. — Augusten Burroughs Believe Copy Share Image
I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways. — Augusten Burroughs Boring Copy Share Image
Even when we lose an arm or a leg, there's not less of us but more. Human experience weighs more than human… — Augusten Burroughs Arms 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
You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy… — Augusten Burroughs Amazed 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
I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a… — Augusten Burroughs Costco 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
If I were blind I'd rather have another blind person leading me around because they know what I'm dealing with and they're… — Augusten Burroughs Blind Copy Share Image
Long marriages have ended in ruin over tiny and insignificant grievances that were never properly aired and instead grew into a brittle… — Augusten Burroughs Barnacles Copy Share Image
Tracy, the leader of the CDH group, looks at me with eyes that seem to belong to someone three times her age.… — Augusten Burroughs Age Copy Share Image
I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books,… — Augusten Burroughs Book 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
“I liked his attention. But I also felt like there was something sick and wrong about it. Like it might make me… — Augusten Burroughs Grandmother Copy Share Image
While I liked hamsters, too, the Habitrail cage was expensive. Even I could see that the interconnecting boxes, tubes, and spheres could… — Augusten Burroughs Addiction Copy Share Image
I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how… — Augusten Burroughs Cities Copy Share Image
“Rarely do very handsome men allow their faces to run around without a leash. I am not very handsome, but I am… — Augusten Burroughs Facial expression 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
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
And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are… — Augusten Burroughs Accurate Copy Share Image
“Meetings are the Hail Marys of alcoholics. You can do or almost do anything, feel anything, commit any number of non-sober atrocities,… — Augusten Burroughs Alcoholics Copy Share Image
“When I turned thirty, I briefly flirted with the notion of undergoing sexual reassignment surgery. Once again, I was ready for a… — Augusten Burroughs Botox Copy Share Image
“By the late '60s society was no longer afraid of witches, because people no longer believed in them. They were already worshipping… — Augusten Burroughs Bewitched Copy Share Image
“I confidently walked up to the counter, and his friends moved to the side to let me through. I handed him the… — Augusten Burroughs Difficult time 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
“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 Abuse-recovery Copy Share Image
“I knew I had an ugly life. I knew I was lonely and I was scared. I thought something might be wrong… — Augusten Burroughs Freedom Copy Share Image
“I think…Have I given up anything by living with another person? Has there been a trade-off? Always, there is a trade-off. And… — Augusten Burroughs Freedom 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
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