13 Quotes by Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs is an American writer and memoirist known for his candid and often humorous accounts of his personal struggles. His best-known work, “Running with Scissors,” is a memoir of his unconventional upbringing in a dysfunctional family. Burroughs has also written several other bestselling memoirs, including “Dry” and “Magical Thinking,” which deal with themes of addiction, mental illness, and recovery. His writing is characterized by its raw honesty and dark humor, and he has been praised for his ability to make readers both laugh and cry. Burroughs’ work has inspired countless readers, and his voice continues to be an important one in the world of memoir and nonfiction writing. (Bio)
Augusten Burroughs Quotes
As a writer, you can’t allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. (Meaning)
You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies. (Meaning)
I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.
This is how you survive the unsurvivable, this is how you lose that which you cannot bear to lose, this is how you reinvent yourself, overcome your abusers, fulfill your ambitions and meet the love of your life: by following what is true, no matter where it leads you.
I wouldn’t want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it’s holding me back.
Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face.
Red hair is great. It’s rare, and therefore superior.
Love is a helium-based emotion; Love always takes the high road.
I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren’t good for you.
Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them.
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 his lines.
It turned out I had always been a smoker. I just hadn’t had any cigarettes.
Part of me believes that love is more valuable when you have to work for it.
― Augusten Burroughs Quotes
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