The past does not haunt us. We haunt the past. We allow our minds to focus in that direction. We open memories… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Time moves only forward, never back. We look forward to a moment and then it arrives and an instant later it is… — 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
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
Freshly brainwashed from rehab, I carry the bottle into the bathroom. I hold it up to the light. See the pretty bottle?… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Some damage is too severe, some harm endures. And what you have to do is accept it. And by accept it I… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Maybe it was a Patty Hearst thing. Stockholm syndrome or whatever it's called when you're being held against your will but then… — Augusten Burroughs Computers 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 Copy Share Image
