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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/if-i-were-blind-i-d-rather-have-another-blind-person-leading-me/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-wouldn-t-want-to-waste-any-of-my-brain-cells-on-forgiving-if-it-s/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they're just books. If they can be movies that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-feel-like-they-are-two-different-things-and-when-i-write-books-they/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [I don't have a fixed routine. I write every day but I don't "write" every day, if that makes any sense. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-don-t-have-a-fixed-routine-i-write-every-day-but-i-don-t-write/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [People generally like happy endings, which is something I learned from my years in advertising. I like happy endings myself, but only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/people-generally-like-happy-endings-which-is-something-i-learned-from/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-don-t-read-memoirs-but-if-you-write-a-memoir-i-would-think-you-d/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [I thought, I can't do advertising any more, so I was downloading all these PDF applications from community colleges. And I thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-thought-i-can-t-do-advertising-any-more-so-i-was-downloading-all/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [Each time my mother went psychotic, I hoped it would be the last time. Afterward she would tell me, 'I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/each-time-my-mother-went-psychotic-i-hoped-it-would-be-the-last-time/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [No matter what I've written, someone somewhere has come up to me and said, "Me too." The truth can be offensive, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/no-matter-what-i-ve-written-someone-somewhere-has-come-up-to-me-and/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [ A lot of people can be afraid of the masking because people can misrepresent themselves \[in the Internet\] and they can pose… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/a-lot-of-people-can-be-afraid-of-the-masking-because-people-can/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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> [Women smirk at baldness. How adorable would they find it if they began to lose their breasts in their late twenties? If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/women-smirk-at-baldness-how-adorable-would-they-find-it-if-they-began/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Augusten Burroughs

> [There is nothing about myself that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear in person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/there-is-nothing-about-myself-that-i-wouldn-t-reveal-or-write-about-i/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [“We were alone together, we were an us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/we-were-alone-together-we-were-an-us/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/like-every-child-i-adored-her-until-i-formed-a-brain-and-got-to-know/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [“You must hang onto the scraps of the bucking moment as if your sanity and life depended on it - because actually they do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/you-must-hang-onto-the-scraps-of-the-bucking-moment-as-if-your-sanity/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/real-optimism-is-not-the-pep-talk-you-give-yourself-it-is-earned/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [If you hate your life, you haven't' seen enough of it. If you hate your life, it's because your life is too small and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/if-you-hate-your-life-you-haven-t-seen-enough-of-it-if-you-hate-your/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-think-writers-tend-to-be-experience-junkies-and-i-think-they-also/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [I think part of the reason I'm attracted to Foster is because he's such a mess. I mean, the people I have loved in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-think-part-of-the-reason-i-m-attracted-to-foster-is-because-he-s/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [“On typical days, (dust) is simply irritating. On Roid Rage days, it made me want to stomp down to the highway, pull drivers out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/on-typical-days-dust-is-simply-irritating-on-roid-rage-days-it-made/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-m-like-the-guy-who-prepares-your-taxes-or-a-dentist-i-m-very/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [“Nothing surprises me now," I tell him. I am stoic. I am Joan of Arc, with liver damage and an unused penis.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/nothing-surprises-me-now-i-tell-him-i-am-stoic-i-am-joan-of-arc-with/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [“It's not that I was an outright nitwit of a child.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/it-s-not-that-i-was-an-outright-nitwit-of-a-child/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [What I really want is to sit next to someone under an L.L. bean blanket on the beach in the fall and drink coffee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/what-i-really-want-is-to-sit-next-to-someone-under-an-l-l-bean/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [“My worth depended on where exactly the decimal was placed among the zeroes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/my-worth-depended-on-where-exactly-the-decimal-was-placed-among-the/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

> [“Bookman isn't a stable man. He has a lot of problems that run very, very deep." But he was really good at giving head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/bookman-isn-t-a-stable-man-he-has-a-lot-of-problems-that-run-very/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

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                        "text": "No matter what I've written, someone somewhere has come up to me and said, \"Me too.\" The truth can be offensive, but it's always nourishing, in a way. You recognize it. You can feel it. And even if [readers] think, \"My god, I would never get in those situations,\" within those ridiculous circumstances that I have created for myself, they know the way I respond is probably what they would do too.",
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