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Been Quotes by Augusten Burroughs
- I think part of the reason I'm attracted to Foster is because he's such a mess. I mean, the people I have loved in my…
- Glen had a disability more disfiguring than a burn and more terrifying than cancer. Glen had been born on the day after Christmas. "My parents…
- After I got my coffee, I leaned against a stop sign and sipped, pretending it was a normal day and I was only up this…
- I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest.…
- My attraction had been immediate and profound. And it had nothing to do with the way he looked. My attraction was to what resided between…
- It turned out I had always been a smoker. I just hadn't had any cigarettes.
- Any damage that's been done, you have to fix yourself because it needs fixing and there is nobody else to do the work. Blame may…
- And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most…
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