I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren't good for you. Augusten Burroughs More Quotes by Augusten Burroughs More Quotes From Augusten Burroughs People generally like happy endings, which is something I learned from my years in advertising. I like happy endings myself, but only if they're honest. I'm just as happy with a terrible, hopeless ending. Augusten Burroughs honest people years 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 what-if stills body It was unnerving, the way she could go from cool efficiency to sarcastic to sweet within the space of thirty seconds. I found it very manipulative and controlling. It put the other person constantly on-guard. And it was extremely intimidating because you never knew when she was going to snap. I made a mental note to refine these skills within myself. Augusten Burroughs sarcastic skills sweet And of course, the answer came to me in the same way Jesus comes to those who drink in trailers: as an epiphany. Augusten Burroughs answers way jesus I never get sick of writing my own stories because there's a certain comfort in knowing you will never run out of material. It's relaxing, actually, to write. Augusten Burroughs knowing writing running Are you one of those people who says on a first date, 'I'm really not in a hurry to meet somebody, I figure if it happens, it happens'? Because those are the most desperate people of all. I'm just saying this so that if you are this person, you aren't hiding it from anybody. There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody. Augusten Burroughs shame people firsts Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true. Augusten Burroughs being-true reader want All children should be loved, protected, nurtured --emotionally and intellectually-- respected, and never, under any circumstances, underestimated. Augusten Burroughs should circumstances children I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways. Augusten Burroughs conservative guy way I realized I could really become hooked on these happy pills. They gave me a glorious feeling of general well-being and didn't make me fat, like alcohol. I wondered if there was any harm in being addicted to only these. Augusten Burroughs pills alcohol feelings Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen. Augusten Burroughs decided happens writing Each time my mother went psychotic, I hoped it would be the last time. Afterward she would tell me, 'I think that was the final episode. I think I had a breakthrough.' And I would believe-for a few months-that it was true. That she was back to stay. Maybe it was like having a rock star mother who was always on the road. Were there Benatar children? Did they sit around and wonder if their mom's Hell is for Children tour was going to be her last tour? Augusten Burroughs music mom mother For exactly the same reason, it is sometimes satisfying to cut yourself and bleed. On those gray [sic] days where eight in the morning looks no different from noon and nothing has happened and nothing is going to happen and you are washing a glass in the sink and it breaks - accidentally - and punctures your skin. And then there is this shocking red, the brightest thing in the day, so vibrant it buzzes, this blood of yours. That is okay sometimes because at least you know you're alive. Augusten Burroughs self-harm suicide morning Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space. Augusten Burroughs nice space use Bad news should be followed with soup. Then a nap. Augusten Burroughs news soup naps But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair. Augusten Burroughs lines sitting writing I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time. Augusten Burroughs usa today america But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago. Augusten Burroughs my-favorite band chicago 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 fit hate life-is I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father. Augusten Burroughs holiday two-sides father
