My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“I understand why sometimes people speak in cliches because sometimes there is no other way to describe something.” — Augusten Burroughs Cliche Copy Share Image
I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."] — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“It is always safe to see yourself truthfully. You never have to be ashamed of yourself, with yourself.” — Augusten Burroughs Ashamed Copy Share Image
I remember, no matter how impossible it seemed that any given day would end, it always did. This one would, too. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“It wasn't like he was holding me so much as trying to hold onto something.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I was like a packet of powdered Sea Monkeys and they were like water. — Augusten Burroughs Monkeys Copy Share Image
I came to think that maybe God was what you believed in because you needed to feel you weren’t alone. Maybe God… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“He likes things that make sense, and this word explains everything he knows about me. It makes perfect sense. Unless you don't… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Just as I had long suspected, a person didn't really need math for anything anyway. Maybe some people did. Some limited people. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I am prone to envy. It is one of my three default emotions, the others being greed and rage. I have also… — Augusten Burroughs Compassion 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
Our lives are one endless stretch of misery punctuated by processed fast foods and the occasional crisis or amusing curiosity. — Augusten Burroughs Amusing Copy Share Image
All children should be loved, protected, nurtured --emotionally and intellectually-- respected, and never, under any circumstances, underestimated. — Augusten Burroughs Child Copy Share Image
“One thing was certain: I would be in their Tang commercial. And if any of the other children tried to get in… — Augusten Burroughs Children Copy Share Image
“On typical days, (dust) is simply irritating. On Roid Rage days, it made me want to stomp down to the highway, pull… — Augusten Burroughs Anger Copy Share Image
No matter your spiritual beliefs, if you hold any, the answer is the same: sometimes, why is not knowable. If you open… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, this word fills me with a sense of sadness I haven't felt since childhood. The kind of sadness you feel at… — Augusten Burroughs Children Copy Share Image
Each time my mother went psychotic, I hoped it would be the last time. Afterward she would tell me, 'I think that… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a wonderful goal for those who are inclined on a genetic level toward that emotional end of the spectrum. Happiness… — Augusten Burroughs Goals Copy Share Image
“we were particles that came together to form into star after star after star until almost forever passed, and instead of a… — Augusten Burroughs Astronomy Copy Share Image
I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“That may be true," I thought, "But they don't have digital cable or Internet access, so really what's the point of being… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Having one's mother or father or past abuser admit to their crimes or even apologize for them changes nothing--certainly not what they… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
For exactly the same reason, it is sometimes satisfying to cut yourself and bleed. On those gray [sic] days where eight in… — Augusten Burroughs Alive Copy Share Image
“It may seem to you that your life is over now. Your future without the person you love is no future at… — Augusten Burroughs Death Copy Share Image
“Be glad you don't have a vagina," my friend, who does have a vagina, told me. "You have to have a special… — Augusten Burroughs Friendship Copy Share Image
“There's no traffic on the way home. The sunroof is open and I have my head in Foster's lap, looking up at… — Augusten Burroughs Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Rarely do very handsome men allow their faces to run around without a leash. I am not very handsome, but I am… — Augusten Burroughs Facial expression Copy Share Image
“I confidently walked up to the counter, and his friends moved to the side to let me through. I handed him the… — Augusten Burroughs Difficult time Copy Share Image
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