All Augusten Burroughs Quotes
- I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet… All
- I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest.… Been
- The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not to fall. Crazy
- When I ate vanilla frosting straight from the can, I could feel God standing right nest to me like a real best friend, watching, and… Ate
- Stars should not be seen alone. That's why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One person alone will… Alone
- I saw a monkey walking on a leash and thought it was an ugly foreign child. Child
- He was raised without a proper diagnosis. Diagnosis
- I felt deeply tricked. Stunned. And furious. I also felt my default emotion: numbness. Deeply
- Fact: upon locking yourself our of your apartment you will immediately need to use the bathroom. Fact: and then you will stand in place and… Apartment
- I missed him so much that I had physical sensations of loss, all over my body. Like one minute I was missing an arm, the… All
- Most everybody had made at least one bad, drunken decision in their lives. Called an ex at two in the morning. Or perhaps has a… Bad
- It terrified me to consider: What if, as a grown-up, I craved another body beside me as still as this one? What then? Another Body
- but I am not here ironically; I am here sincerely. Funny
- My attraction had been immediate and profound. And it had nothing to do with the way he looked. My attraction was to what resided between… Attraction
- Acceptance, when it comes, arrives in waves: Listen with your chest. You will feel a pendulum swing within you, favoring one direction or another. And… Acceptance
- And I began to let him go. Hour by hour. Days into months. It was a physical sensation, like letting out the string of a… Began
- My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times. Already Hear
- I loved most when his eyelashes twitched and he blinked, and suddenly happiness was there inside his eyes. Unmistakable. Like a single word printed on… Blinked
- I remember, no matter how impossible it seemed that any given day would end, it always did. This one would, too. Any
- Not crazy in a 'let's paint the kitchen bright red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwich, I am God' sort… Bright
- I knew that he was as reliable as a mathematical formula. Formula
- My window fogs and this makes me feel like there is no world outside of the car. Car
- What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great is by demanding… Achieve
- But she did love him. I believe it. I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn't deserve it. Because they are all… All
- The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do, I understood, is that there was nobody to tell you what not to… Anybody