--- title: "11 Matter Quotes By Augusten Burroughs" description: "11 Matter quotes by Augusten Burroughs. Plus more from Augusten Burroughs and more Matter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/augusten-burroughs-603_health_when-you-have-your-health-you-have-every_550972.png" --- > [When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/when-you-have-your-health-you-have-everything-when-you-do-not-have/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/augusten-burroughs-603_health_when-you-have-your-health-you-have-every_550972.png) > [Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/smoking-had-become-my-favorite-thing-in-the-world-to-do-it-was-like/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/augusten-burroughs-603_comfort_smoking-had-become-my-favorite-thing-in_2668001.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/augusten-burroughs-603_books_i-don-t-read-memoirs-but-if-you-write-a_475072.png) > [I remember, no matter how impossible it seemed that any given day would end, it always did. This one would, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-remember-no-matter-how-impossible-it-seemed-that-any-given-day/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/augusten-burroughs-603_ends_i-remember-no-matter-how-impossible-it-s_2941831.png) > [Miracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/miracles-do-happen-you-must-believe-this-no-matter-what-else-you/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/augusten-burroughs-603_believe_miracles-do-happen-you-must-believe-this_169963.png) > [This is how you survive the unsurvivable, this is how you lose that which you cannot bear to lose, this is how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/this-is-how-you-survive-the-unsurvivable-this-is-how-you-lose-that/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/augusten-burroughs-603_abusers_this-is-how-you-survive-the-unsurvivable_2550189.png) > [No matter how huge your loss, as long as you remain engaged with your life, the best days of your life may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/no-matter-how-huge-your-loss-as-long-as-you-remain-engaged-with-your/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/augusten-burroughs-603_best-day_no-matter-how-huge-your-loss-as-long-as_1784826.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/augusten-burroughs-603_books_no-matter-what-i-ve-written-someone-some_2635472.jpg) > [No matter your spiritual beliefs, if you hold any, the answer is the same: sometimes, why is not knowable. If you open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/no-matter-your-spiritual-beliefs-if-you-hold-any-the-answer-is-the/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/augusten-burroughs-603_answers_no-matter-your-spiritual-beliefs-if-you_3041689.png) > [But feelings, no matter how strong or “ugly,” are not a part of who you are. They are the radio stations your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/but-feelings-no-matter-how-strong-or-ugly-are-not-a-part-of-who-you/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/augusten-burroughs-603_admitting_but-feelings-no-matter-how-strong-or-ugl_2166659.jpg) > [The most important thing for a writer to do is to write. It really doesn't matter what you write as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/the-most-important-thing-for-a-writer-to-do-is-to-write-it-really/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/augusten-burroughs-603_able_the-most-important-thing-for-a-writer-to_2630570.png) ## Other authors on Matter ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter/augusten-burroughs/#itemlist", "name": "11 Matter Quotes By Augusten Burroughs", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you have your health, you have everything. 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They are the radio stations your mind listens to if you don’t give it something better to do. Feelings are fluid and dynamic; they change frequently. Feelings are something you HAVE, not something you ARE. Like physical beauty, a cold sore, or an opinion. Admitting you feel rage or terrible pain or regret or some old, rotten blame does not mean these feelings are part of who you are as a person. 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