“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 Copy Share Image
“I could not imagine the kind of person that would, upon seeing a crazy talcum-powder-covered Southern lady think to herself, Hmmmm, she… — Augusten Burroughs Friendship Copy Share Image
“He was furious that the music house wanted forty grand. He wanted us to "Jew them down” — Augusten Burroughs Music 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 Hungry Copy Share Image
I don't believe in the concept of a soul mate. Because we are all unique, but we're also simply too similar. — Augusten Burroughs Believe Copy Share Image
“If i wasn't an accident mustn't I be a crushing disappointment?” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books… — Augusten Burroughs Book 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 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 Humour Copy Share Image
“Sober. So that’s what I’m here to become. And suddenly, this word fills me with a brand of sadness I haven’t felt… — Augusten Burroughs Children Copy Share Image
I understood at once, I am not living, but actively dying. I am smoking, living unhealthily. I’m shutting down. I need to… — Augusten Burroughs Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Being an unhappy person does not mean you must be sad or dark. You can be interested instead of happy. You can… — Augusten Burroughs Unhappy person 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 Good intentions Copy Share Image
Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw… — Augusten Burroughs Being positive Copy Share Image
“Not all gay men send me penis pictures. But no straight men do. And to date, no woman has sent me a… — Augusten Burroughs Gay men Copy Share Image
Truthfulness itself is almost medication, even when it’s served without advice or insight. — Augusten Burroughs Advice Copy Share Image
I felt deeply tricked. Stunned. And furious. I also felt my default emotion: numbness. — Augusten Burroughs Default Copy Share Image
“Like somebody who was just happy because there was macaroni and cheese in the world.” — Augusten Burroughs Happiness 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 Happiness Copy Share Image
“I'm tired of living in the shallow end of the pool.” — Augusten Burroughs Tired of living 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
Self-pity is the bestiality of emotions: it absolutely disgusts people. When you're feeling pity for yourself, and somebody says to you 'You… — Augusten Burroughs Disgusting Copy Share Image
“I said all the wrong things. Except when I was busy saying all the mean ones and in the end I hated… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting. — Augusten Burroughs Interesting 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
