Quotes by : Augusten Burroughs

Long marriages have ended in ruin over tiny and insignificant grievances that were never properly aired....

Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter....

When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there....

If you have one parent who loves you, even if they can't buy you clothes, they're so poor and they make....

I think out of seven billion people, there is probably more than just one soul mate. Surely, the paid....

...Trying is not the same as being. Trying flies in a circle around the moment and *being* is inside....

I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, not....

I sit there and think how it isn't fair that I can't drink at all, even a little. I realize I have crammed....

I confidently walked up to the counter, and his friends moved to the side to let me through. I handed....

He continues to smile expectantly. I take a step back. I don't want to catch whatever he has. He is a....