A lot of people can be afraid of the masking because people can misrepresent themselves [in the Internet] and they can pose… — Augusten Burroughs Damn Copy Share Image
In some ways, blogging is like drinking - it gives a person permission to be a total asshole. — Augusten Burroughs Blogging 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
Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself. — Augusten Burroughs Killing Copy Share Image
Life would be fabric-softener, tuna-salad-on-white, PTA-meeting normal. — Augusten Burroughs Fabric 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
My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times. — Augusten Burroughs Emotional 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
“It's not that I was an outright nitwit of a child. It's that the things even a nitwit could do with little… — Augusten Burroughs Children Copy Share Image
“...Truthfulness itself is almost medicinal, even when it's served without advice or insight. Just hearing true words spoken out loud provides relief.” — Augusten Burroughs Honesty Copy Share Image
“Do you understand that you are exactly attractive enough and thin enough (even if you weigh four hundred pounds) and smart enough… — Augusten Burroughs Ur Eyes Copy Share Image
“As I sat in the hot, salty water, I thought, 'No wonder Mr. Bubble always gave me a urinary tract infection and… — Augusten Burroughs Common people Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a treadmill of a goal for people who are not happy by nature. Being an unhappy person does not mean… — Augusten Burroughs Goals 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
“And I can't stop thinking about Pighead. I wish I could talk to him and he'd talk back. Use some sort of… — Augusten Burroughs Body heat Copy Share Image
The only other people who have had experiences similar to those of this man were locked up inside institutions for the criminally… — Augusten Burroughs Business Copy Share Image
“Truth is accuracy. Without accuracy, you can't expect to manifest large, specific changes in your life.” — Augusten Burroughs Life Copy Share Image
Optimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you.… — Augusten Burroughs Admitting 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
“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
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
