Tracy, the leader of the CDH group, looks at me with eyes that seem to belong to someone three times her age. It's something beyond wisdom, all the way to insanity and back. It's like her eyes are scarred from all the things she's seen.
Augusten BurroughsYou need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.
Augusten BurroughsThere is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.
Augusten BurroughsBut I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.
Augusten BurroughsBut then, look at me. My brain is incorrectly formed, and I'm shaped like a tube. Plus, I'm an alcoholic, a "survivor" of childhood sexual abuse, was raised in a cult and have no education. So, really, if you think about it, the only thing that separates me from the guy with the stinky foot and no teeth is a book deal and some cologne.
Augusten Burroughs