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title: "21 Persons Quotes By Augusten Burroughs"
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> [I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-ve-learned-how-to-turn-the-adversities-in-my-life-into-enriching/)

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

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> [There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/there-is-no-shame-in-being-hungry-for-another-person-there-is-no/)

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

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> [...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/handsome-people-are-always-interesting-to-watch-but-a-handsome-person/)

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

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> [What I think of blogs is just this: Some are beautifully written and many are not. But even blogs that aren't necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/what-i-think-of-blogs-is-just-this-some-are-beautifully-written-and/)

[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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> [In some ways, blogging is like drinking - it gives a person permission to be a total asshole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/in-some-ways-blogging-is-like-drinking-it-gives-a-person-permission/)

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

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> [You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/you-would-be-amazed-by-what-you-can-give-up-lose-or-break-and-yet/)

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

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> [Stars should not be seen alone. That's why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/stars-should-not-be-seen-alone-that-s-why-there-are-so-many-two/)

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

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> [Most of us have love in our lives. Most of us love other people are are ourselves loved by others. But make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/most-of-us-have-love-in-our-lives-most-of-us-love-other-people-are/)

[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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> [Some damage is too severe, some harm endures. And what you have to do is accept it. And by accept it I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/some-damage-is-too-severe-some-harm-endures-and-what-you-have-to-do/)

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

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> [But even with my minimal amount of fame, there are certain perks. Recently, I was at a movie premier, and at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/but-even-with-my-minimal-amount-of-fame-there-are-certain-perks/)

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

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> [It was unnerving, the way she could go from cool efficiency to sarcastic to sweet within the space of thirty seconds. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/it-was-unnerving-the-way-she-could-go-from-cool-efficiency-to/)

[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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> [I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-used-to-feel-so-alone-in-the-city-all-those-gazillions-of-people/)

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

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> [There is nothing about myself that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear…](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/)

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> [Are you one of those people who says on a first date, 'I'm really not in a hurry to meet somebody, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/are-you-one-of-those-people-who-says-on-a-first-date-i-m-really-not/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/and-human-instinct-is-ancient-and-reliable-utterly-mysterious-and/)

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

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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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> [The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/the-line-between-normal-and-crazy-seemed-impossibly-thin-a-person/)

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

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## Other authors on Persons

## 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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