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title: "11 Needs Quotes By Augusten Burroughs"
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> [You deserve to need me, not to have me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/you-deserve-to-need-me-not-to-have-me/)

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

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> [You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/you-need-to-grab-your-dream-out-of-the-sky-like-it-s-a-kite-and-pinch/)

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

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> [Just as I had long suspected, a person didn't really need math for anything anyway. Maybe some people did. Some limited people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/just-as-i-had-long-suspected-a-person-didn-t-really-need-math-for/)

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

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> [Fact: upon locking yourself our of your apartment you will immediately need to use the bathroom. Fact: and then you will stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/fact-upon-locking-yourself-our-of-your-apartment-you-will-immediately/)

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

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> [When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there to approve of me."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/when-you-say-i-need-more-confidence-what-you-re-really-saying-is-i/)

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

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> [Any damage that's been done, you have to fix yourself because it needs fixing and there is nobody else to do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/any-damage-that-s-been-done-you-have-to-fix-yourself-because-it-needs/)

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

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> [The truth about not having everything you need, not being fully equipped or qualified or allowed is that these limits are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/the-truth-about-not-having-everything-you-need-not-being-fully/)

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

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> [I understood at once, I am not living, but actively dying. I am smoking, living unhealthily. I’m shutting down. I need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-understood-at-once-i-am-not-living-but-actively-dying-i-am-smoking/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [ In order for us \[people\] to progress, we need brilliance and brilliance isn't fair and it's not polite and we can't grow… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/in-order-for-us-people-to-progress-we-need-brilliance-and-brilliance/)

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

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> [ The thing for someone just starting off \[in writing\] is to write. You need to have limber fingers, whether you write with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/the-thing-for-someone-just-starting-off-in-writing-is-to-write-you/)

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

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## Other authors on Needs

## 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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