571 Quotes by Augusten Burroughs

I hate feelings. Why does sobriety have to come with feelings?

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 life have never been easy to love. I'm not used to normal. I'm used to disaster. I don't know, as messed up as he is, he's also sort of exciting, sort of a challenge. I'm accustomed to working for love.

My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron.

I don't have a fixed routine. I write every day but I don't "write" every day, if that makes any sense. In other words, I email with my friends constantly and sometimes I'll pull out something I've written and save it.

You can make almost anything a learning or positive experience. I think I offer a good example of how to make the most out of what life gives you and how to keep moving on.

And I began to let him go. Hour by hour. Days into months. It was a physical sensation, like letting out the string of a kite. Except that the string was coming from my center.

Never work with children, puppies or bulimics.

Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them.

I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life. Star quality.