All Augusten Burroughs Quotes
- Confidence is a reduction of your own interest in whether others are thinking about you and if so, what they're thinking. Confidence
- There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody. Another Person
- Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural, comfortable alone-self when… Access
- Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you. Awkward
- When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there to approve of me." That is the… Approve
- If you believe suicide will bring you peace, or at the very least just an end to everything you hate- you are displaying self-caring behavior.… Able
- And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker; it can… Dark
- I sit there and think how it isn't fair that I can't drink at all, even a little. I realize I have crammed an entire… All
- Decisions are beautiful. They are the evidence of thought and care. Decisions are the polishing cloths of life. Beautiful
- Time moves only forward, never back. We look forward to a moment and then it arrives and an instant later it is gone. Like something… Arrives
- And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most… Accurate
- No matter how huge your loss, as long as you remain engaged with your life, the best days of your life may still be ahead… Ahead
- Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them. Attractive
- I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesnt deserve it. Because they are all you have. Because any attention is better than… Accidentally
- I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising,… Advertising
- With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV, and I'm fully… Challenged