your mind is like an unsafe neighborhood; don't go there alone. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“It is astonishingly satisfying to look at him and think Closet Case, and know he can read my mind as he looks… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“And as soon as I thought this, I tried to think of something else quickly. Because we were so close that I… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
You cannot be a prisoner of your past against your will. Because you can only live in the past inside your mind. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“His eyes are so clear and blue that nothing but clichés enter my mind.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
The past does not haunt us. We haunt the past. We allow our minds to focus in that direction. We open memories… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Time moves only forward, never back. We look forward to a moment and then it arrives and an instant later it is… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
The thing for someone just starting off [in writing] is to write. You need to have limber fingers, whether you write with… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
But feelings, no matter how strong or “ugly,” are not a part of who you are. They are the radio stations your… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“But feelings, no matter how strong or “ugly,” are not a part of who you are. They are the radio stations your… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I suppose home is, for me, more of a state of mind. It's really more of about being where I want to… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Dennis's superior mental health was obvious from the first date, like a cleft palate. The other thing about him was that he… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
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… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“You must hang onto the scraps of the bucking moment as if your sanity and life depended on it - because actually they do.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
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… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
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… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“On typical days, (dust) is simply irritating. On Roid Rage days, it made me want to stomp down to the highway, pull drivers out… — Augusten Burroughs 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 Copy Share Image
“Nothing surprises me now," I tell him. I am stoic. I am Joan of Arc, with liver damage and an unused penis.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
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