--- title: "21 Way Quotes By Augusten Burroughs" description: "21 Way quotes by Augusten Burroughs. Plus more from Augusten Burroughs and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/augusten-burroughs-603_enriched_writing-has-enriched-my-life-in-ways-i-n_139186.png" --- > [Writing has enriched my life in ways I never imaged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/writing-has-enriched-my-life-in-ways-i-never-imaged/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/augusten-burroughs-603_enriched_writing-has-enriched-my-life-in-ways-i-n_139186.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/augusten-burroughs-603_asshole_in-some-ways-blogging-is-like-drinking-i_3052313.png) > [My attraction had been immediate and profound. And it had nothing to do with the way he looked. My attraction was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/my-attraction-had-been-immediate-and-profound-and-it-had-nothing-to/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/augusten-burroughs-603_attraction_my-attraction-had-been-immediate-and-pro_1989763.png) > [And of course, the answer came to me in the same way Jesus comes to those who drink in trailers: as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/and-of-course-the-answer-came-to-me-in-the-same-way-jesus-comes-to/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/augusten-burroughs-603_answers_and-of-course-the-answer-came-to-me-in-t_2333161.png) > [What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/what-nobody-understood-then-is-this-the-only-way-that-you-achieve/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/augusten-burroughs-603_achieve_what-nobody-understood-then-is-this-the_2341234.png) > [Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/thanksgiving-was-nothing-more-than-a-pilgrim-created-obstacle-in-the/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/augusten-burroughs-603_bird_thanksgiving-was-nothing-more-than-a-pil_897551.png) > [I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-was-in-advertising-for-years-that-was-cushy-you-know-it-s-pretty/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/augusten-burroughs-603_advertising_i-was-in-advertising-for-years-that-was_560241.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/augusten-burroughs-603_boring_i-m-like-the-guy-who-prepares-your-taxes_43558.png) > [My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/my-mother-began-to-go-crazy-not-in-a-let-s-paint-the-kitchen-red-sort/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/augusten-burroughs-603_crazy_my-mother-began-to-go-crazy-not-in-a-let_1263388.png) > [In the same way that a tornado rips the roof off a double-wide trailer, leaving the occupants dazed and staring at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/in-the-same-way-that-a-tornado-rips-the-roof-off-a-double-wide/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/augusten-burroughs-603_clouds_in-the-same-way-that-a-tornado-rips-the_1298759.png) > [I just look at her and she creeps me out. She looks like she would eat a baby. Not that she's fat.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-just-look-at-her-and-she-creeps-me-out-she-looks-like-she-would-eat/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/augusten-burroughs-603_baby_i-just-look-at-her-and-she-creeps-me-out_455213.jpg) > [I'm not going to waste my energy looking into the eyes of someone like the guy who blew my legs off trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-m-not-going-to-waste-my-energy-looking-into-the-eyes-of-someone/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/augusten-burroughs-603_energy_i-m-not-going-to-waste-my-energy-looking_796789.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/augusten-burroughs-603_accept_some-damage-is-too-severe-some-harm-endu_2354480.jpg) > [Not crazy in a 'let's paint the kitchen bright red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwich, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/not-crazy-in-a-let-s-paint-the-kitchen-bright-red-sort-of-way-but/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/augusten-burroughs-603_candle_not-crazy-in-a-let-s-paint-the-kitchen-b_1551915.png) > [Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/even-painfully-shy-and-awkward-people-are-not-painfully-shy-or/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/augusten-burroughs-603_awkward_even-painfully-shy-and-awkward-people-ar_603512.jpg) > [I never question the way I write. Writing is the only thing that's without seams for me. It's an effort to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-never-question-the-way-i-write-writing-is-the-only-thing-that-s/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/augusten-burroughs-603_alive_i-never-question-the-way-i-write-writing_170679.png) > [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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/augusten-burroughs-603_efficiency_it-was-unnerving-the-way-she-could-go-fr_894879.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/augusten-burroughs-603_anxiety_i-understood-at-once-i-am-not-living-but_2762850.png) > [The reason I know what we are to each other is because we fight freely and almost constantly, about even the smallest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/the-reason-i-know-what-we-are-to-each-other-is-because-we-fight/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/augusten-burroughs-603_bores_the-reason-i-know-what-we-are-to-each-ot_1674800.jpg) > [Tracy, the leader of the CDH group, looks at me with eyes that seem to belong to someone three times her age.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/tracy-the-leader-of-the-cdh-group-looks-at-me-with-eyes-that-seem-to/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/augusten-burroughs-603_age_tracy-the-leader-of-the-cdh-group-looks_847223.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/augusten-burroughs/#itemlist", "name": "21 Way Quotes By Augusten Burroughs", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Writing has enriched my life in ways I never imaged.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Augusten Burroughs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/writing-has-enriched-my-life-in-ways-i-never-imaged/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/augusten-burroughs-603_enriched_writing-has-enriched-my-life-in-ways-i-n_139186.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/augusten-burroughs-603_enriched_writing-has-enriched-my-life-in-ways-i-n_139186.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/augusten-burroughs-603_enriched_writing-has-enriched-my-life-in-ways-i-n_139186.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writing has enriched my life in ways I never imaged.” — Augusten Burroughs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In some ways, blogging is like drinking - it gives a person permission to be a total asshole.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Augusten Burroughs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/in-some-ways-blogging-is-like-drinking-it-gives-a-person-permission/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/augusten-burroughs-603_asshole_in-some-ways-blogging-is-like-drinking-i_3052313.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/augusten-burroughs-603_asshole_in-some-ways-blogging-is-like-drinking-i_3052313.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/augusten-burroughs-603_asshole_in-some-ways-blogging-is-like-drinking-i_3052313.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In some ways, blogging is like drinking - it gives a person permission to be a total asshole.” — Augusten Burroughs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My attraction had been immediate and profound. 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