571 Quotes by Augusten Burroughs

To stop drinking, all you have to do is sit. In 100 percent of the documented cases of alcoholism worldwide, the people who recovered all shared one thing in common, no matter how they did it: They didn’t do it.

Stars should not be seen alone. That’s why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One person alone will surely miss the good ones.

And then just as suddenly, I felt absolutely nothing. It was like a door quickly opened, showing me what horrible feelings I had inside, and then slammed shut again so I wouldn’t have to actually face them. In many ways I felt I was living the life of a doctor in the ER. I was learning to block out all emotions in order to deal with the situation.

Despite evidence to the contrary, I hated drinking to the point that I misplaced really big slabs of time.

I’m like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I’m very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.

My subconscious does the writing; I don’t have control over that.

In a way, I am a psychological transsexual, always trying to “pass” for a normal person but being clocked every time.

Like cubic zirconia, I only look real. I’m an imposter. The fact is, I am not like other people.

Loss creates a greater overall surface area within a person. You expand as a result of it. Though it may very well feel like the opposite.