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Augusten Burroughs Quotes

Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you Picture Quote #1

And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker; it can make you deeper Picture Quote #1

I mean, handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting Picture Quote #1

Because all of us are made not only of what we have but what we lost. And loss is not a subtraction. As an experience, it is an addition Picture Quote #1

My mother began to go crazy. Not in a ‘Let’s paint the kitchen red!’ sort of way. But crazy in a ‘gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God’ sort of way Picture Quote #1

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody’s arms are around me and they’re saying, ‘It’s okay, I’m here, I’m here, come with me to the institute Picture Quote #1

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Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her Picture Quote #1

I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren’t good for you Picture Quote #1

Part of me believes that love is more valuable when you have to work for it Picture Quote #1

Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour Picture Quote #1

I was learning that if I lived slightly in the future - what will happen next - I didn’t have to feel so much about what was going on in the present Picture Quote #1

It terrified me to consider: What if, as a grown-up, I craved another body beside me as still as this one? What then? Picture Quote #1

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My window fogs and this makes me feel like there is no world outside of the car Picture Quote #1

It turned out I had always been a smoker. I just hadn’t had any cigarettes Picture Quote #1

Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that’s the case, screw everybody else. You’re not a bottle of Valium Picture Quote #1

If you hate your life, you haven’t seen enough of it. If you hate your life, it’s because your life is too small and doesn’t fit you Picture Quote #1

All of us are richer and more fascinating and more complex than we can ever know Picture Quote #1

Childhood is what ended me up in the hospital and teetering on the edge of deathly alcoholism. It was really good for me to accept it. To accept all the embarrassment and the shame so I don’t feel like I used to Picture Quote #1

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I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they’re just books. If they can be movies that’s okay. But I would write a novel that couldn’t be a film Picture Quote #1

I suppose home is, for me, more of a state of mind. It’s really more of about being where I want to be with people I care about Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as too ordinary to write about, whether that’s life or a scene in a novel. What’s interesting to people, whether it’s memoir or fiction, is the truth Picture Quote #1

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work Picture Quote #1

I am prone to envy. It is one of my three default emotions, the others being greed and rage. I have also experienced compassion and generosity, but only fleetingly and usually while drunk, so I have little memory Picture Quote #1

I just look at her and she creeps me out. She looks like she would eat a baby. Not that she’s fat. She just looks hungry in some dangerous way that can’t be explained. She’s always so nice and friendly. Exactly the disposition of a baby killer Picture Quote #1

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Throwing things horrified me. I suffered extreme, paralyzing anxiety when it came to anything remotely athletic. I wouldn’t even run to catch the school bus because I knew I’d trip and then get teased for a year Picture Quote #1

Fact: upon locking yourself our of your apartment you will immediately need to use the bathroom. Fact: and then you will stand in place and watch your door. You will just stare. As though rebuffed by it. As though it has done this to you Picture Quote #1

I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen Picture Quote #1

I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn’t have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams Picture Quote #1

Acceptance, when it comes, arrives in waves: Listen with your chest. You will feel a pendulum swing within you, favoring one direction or another. And that is your answer. The answer is always inside your chest. The right choice weighs more. That’s how you know. It causes you to lean in its direction Picture Quote #1

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Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker; it can make you deeper (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I mean, handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Because all of us are made not only of what we have but what we lost. And loss is not a subtraction. As an experience, it is an addition (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) My mother began to go crazy. Not in a ‘Let’s paint the kitchen red!’ sort of way. But crazy in a ‘gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God’ sort of way (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody’s arms are around me and they’re saying, ‘It’s okay, I’m here, I’m here, come with me to the institute (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren’t good for you (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Part of me believes that love is more valuable when you have to work for it (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I was learning that if I lived slightly in the future - what will happen next - I didn’t have to feel so much about what was going on in the present (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) It terrified me to consider: What if, as a grown-up, I craved another body beside me as still as this one? What then? (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) My window fogs and this makes me feel like there is no world outside of the car (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) It turned out I had always been a smoker. I just hadn’t had any cigarettes (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that’s the case, screw everybody else. You’re not a bottle of Valium (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) If you hate your life, you haven’t seen enough of it. If you hate your life, it’s because your life is too small and doesn’t fit you (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) All of us are richer and more fascinating and more complex than we can ever know (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Childhood is what ended me up in the hospital and teetering on the edge of deathly alcoholism. It was really good for me to accept it. To accept all the embarrassment and the shame so I don’t feel like I used to (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they’re just books. If they can be movies that’s okay. But I would write a novel that couldn’t be a film (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I suppose home is, for me, more of a state of mind. It’s really more of about being where I want to be with people I care about (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) There is no such thing as too ordinary to write about, whether that’s life or a scene in a novel. What’s interesting to people, whether it’s memoir or fiction, is the truth (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I am prone to envy. It is one of my three default emotions, the others being greed and rage. I have also experienced compassion and generosity, but only fleetingly and usually while drunk, so I have little memory (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I just look at her and she creeps me out. She looks like she would eat a baby. Not that she’s fat. She just looks hungry in some dangerous way that can’t be explained. She’s always so nice and friendly. Exactly the disposition of a baby killer (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Throwing things horrified me. I suffered extreme, paralyzing anxiety when it came to anything remotely athletic. I wouldn’t even run to catch the school bus because I knew I’d trip and then get teased for a year (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Fact: upon locking yourself our of your apartment you will immediately need to use the bathroom. Fact: and then you will stand in place and watch your door. You will just stare. As though rebuffed by it. As though it has done this to you (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn’t have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) So that’s what I’m here to become. And suddenly, this word fills me with a brand of sadness I haven’t felt since childhood. The kind of sadness you feel at the end of summer. When the fireflies are gone, the ponds have dried up and the plants are wilted, weary from being so green (Augusten Burroughs Quotes) Acceptance, when it comes, arrives in waves: Listen with your chest. You will feel a pendulum swing within you, favoring one direction or another. And that is your answer. The answer is always inside your chest. The right choice weighs more. That’s how you know. It causes you to lean in its direction (Augusten Burroughs Quotes)

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