All Augusten Burroughs Quotes
- Perfection is the satin-lined casket of creativity and originality. If you are a perfectionist, at least stop telling everybody you're one and try to get… Alone
- Do not wait for the healing to arrive. It will never come. The holes will never leave or be filled with anything at all. But… All
- Even when we lose an arm or a leg, there's not less of us but more. Human experience weighs more than human tissue. Arm
- Truthfulness itself is almost medication, even when it’s served without advice or insight. Advice
- Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping. Earned
- You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies. Amazed
- If you find you require willpower, you aren't ready to lose weight. Find
- Long marriages have ended in ruin over tiny and insignificant grievances that were never properly aired and instead grew into a brittle barnacle of hatred. Aired
- Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when. Comfort
- It turned out I had always been a smoker. I just hadn't had any cigarettes. Any
- But feelings, no matter how strong or “ugly,” are not a part of who you are. They are the radio stations your mind listens to… Admitting
- Optimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you. Part of being… Admitting
- No matter your spiritual beliefs, if you hold any, the answer is the same: sometimes, why is not knowable. If you open the refrigerator door… Answer
- The past doesn't haunt us, we haunt the past. Funny
- Bad news should be followed with soup. Then a nap. Bad
- Think of the actual physical elements that compose our bodies: we are 98 percent hydrogen and oxygen and carbon. That's table sugar. You are made… Actual
- This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them. Alone
- All children should be loved, protected, nurtured --emotionally and intellectually-- respected, and never, under any circumstances, underestimated. All
- Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw everybody else. You're… Bottle
- Because here is the truth: If you want to have a chance at meeting somebody with whom you are genuinely compatible, never put your best… Best
- Any damage that's been done, you have to fix yourself because it needs fixing and there is nobody else to do the work. Blame may… Any
- So we can be filled with holes and loss and wide expanses of unhealed geography - and we can also be excited by life and… Content
- 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 doesn't'… Fit
- All of us are richer and more fascinating and more complex than we can ever know. All
- The most valuable moments and experiences that life has to offer are found only along its most treacherous paths. Along