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Augusten Burroughs Quotes

Total quotes: 10
“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.”
— Augusten Burroughs, You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
Tagged: Letting Go
“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.”
— Augusten Burroughs, Dry: A Memoir
Tagged: Memories, Stars, Love
“The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear.”
— Augusten Burroughs, This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
Tagged: Apologies, Words
“I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren’t good for you.”
— Augusten Burroughs, Dry: A Memoir
Tagged: Love, Incompatibility, Belief
“You deserve to need me, not to have me.”
— Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Tagged: Love
“I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn’t deserve it. Because they are all you have. Because any attention is better than no attention.”
— Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Tagged: Love, romance, Loving Deeply, Unrequited Love, loving someone who doesn't love you back, loyalty in love, Loyalty, Love & Relationships
“I missed him so much that I had physical sensations of loss, all over my body. Like one minute I was missing an arm, the next my spleen. It was making me feel sick, like throwing up.”
— Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Tagged: Love, Missing Someone, Missing A Lover, Missing Him
“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, This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
Tagged: Love, Desire, Passion
“I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
— Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking: True Stories
Tagged: Flaws
“Being an unhappy person does not mean you must be a sad person. You can be interested instead of happy. You can be fascinated instead of happy.”
— Augusten Burroughs, This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
Tagged: Happy, Happiness, Interest, Sadness, fascination, Personality
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