The most valuable moments and experiences that life has to offer are found only along its most treacherous paths. — Augusten Burroughs Found Copy Share Image
“You weren't heavy at all...the only weight you carry is on your shoulders. I wish I could carry it for you.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“We never sampled our drugs because we were afraid of them, but to admit it aloud would have broken the spell.” — Augusten Burroughs Afraid Copy Share Image
My subconscious does the writing; I don't have control over that. — Augusten Burroughs Doe Copy Share Image
I don't think writers - in general - ever achieve the fame of movie stars. For the simple reason that only a… — Augusten Burroughs Achieve Copy Share Image
“There just didn't seem to be anything to hold on to. We weren't going anywhere, and we weren't pulling away. We were… — Augusten Burroughs Suspended Copy Share Image
The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They… — Augusten Burroughs Action Copy Share Image
People generally like happy endings, which is something I learned from my years in advertising. I like happy endings myself, but only… — Augusten Burroughs Advertising Copy Share Image
I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to… — Augusten Burroughs Desperate Copy Share Image
“Gone were the days when she would stand on the deck lighting lemon-scented candles without then having to eat the wax” — Augusten Burroughs Candles Copy Share Image
“I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with… — Augusten Burroughs Flaws Copy Share Image
“A body in motion tends to stay in motion. (reebok,chiat/day.)Just do it. (Nike, Weiden and Kennedy.)Dammit something just isn't right. (Me, to… — Augusten Burroughs Motion Copy Share Image
Think of the actual physical elements that compose our bodies: we are 98 percent hydrogen and oxygen and carbon. That's table sugar.… — Augusten Burroughs Body Copy Share Image
As I sat in the hot, salty water, I thought, 'No wonder Mr. Bubble always gives me a urinary tract infection and… — Augusten Burroughs Brother Copy Share Image
“His toes wriggle in his socks and my first thought is, I want to snip them off with hedge trimmers. Not only… — Augusten Burroughs Deserve Toes Copy Share Image
“Because the minister's wife refused to leave the minister, and because my mother required a worshipful companion, she was forced to break… — Augusten Burroughs Marriage Copy Share Image
Most everybody had made at least one bad, drunken decision in their lives. Called an ex at two in the morning. Or… — Augusten Burroughs Best buddies Copy Share Image
“Lately, I am receiving numerous calls each night from telemarketers. They're calling with the frequent urgency of dumped boyfriends. At this point,… — Augusten Burroughs Gay guy Copy Share Image
The most important thing for a writer to do is to write. It really doesn't matter what you write as long as… — Augusten Burroughs Able Copy Share Image
I gazed around the room and my eyes stopped dead on a little boy standing in the corner. This was a particularly… — Augusten Burroughs Blades Copy Share Image
So we can be filled with holes and loss and wide expanses of unhealed geography - and we can also be excited… — Augusten Burroughs Excited Copy Share Image
Do not wait for the healing to arrive. It will never come. The holes will never leave or be filled with anything… — Augusten Burroughs Filled Copy Share Image
You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until… — Augusten Burroughs Dream 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 Feelings Copy Share Image
Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when. — Augusten Burroughs Comfort Copy Share Image
What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great… — Augusten Burroughs Achieve Copy Share Image
Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing.… — Augusten Burroughs Awkward Copy Share Image
“We had a wealth of something we didn't want, but the wealth itself was intoxicating and we invented games just so we… — Augusten Burroughs Wealth Copy Share Image
New York City is a place where you can lock yourself up in your little studio apartment, and not go outside at… — Augusten Burroughs Apartment Copy Share Image
“It then occurs to me that I am mentally unstable. So I decided to close my office door and go online. Maybe… — Augusten Burroughs Mental-issues Copy Share Image
It terrified me to consider: What if, as a grown-up, I craved another body beside me as still as this one? What… — Augusten Burroughs Body Copy Share Image
“I walked up to the house, rubbing my shoulder where it still hurt from the rifle's recoil. But soon, it wouldn't hurt… — Augusten Burroughs Recoil Copy Share Image
I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and… — Augusten Burroughs Adversity Copy Share Image
“When you have a blueprint for what happiness is, lay it over your life and see what you need to change so… — Augusten Burroughs Blueprint Copy Share Image
I thought, I can't do advertising any more, so I was downloading all these PDF applications from community colleges. And I thought,… — Augusten Burroughs Advertising Copy Share Image
I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep… — Augusten Burroughs Advertising Copy Share Image
Nothing made sense to me anymore. I knew I was young, I knew I was small. But I was worried that I… — Augusten Burroughs Life Copy Share Image
“Adam had smiled at him and Max had smiled back. And then they both just stood there in that awkward silence that… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life… — Augusten Burroughs Food Copy Share Image
“It was impossible to escape her. She provided no natural break in the conversation, and she spoke with such intensity that I… — Augusten Burroughs Communication Copy Share Image
