My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times.
Augusten BurroughsI think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren't good for you.
Augusten BurroughsNo matter what I've written, someone somewhere has come up to me and said, "Me too." The truth can be offensive, but it's always nourishing, in a way. You recognize it. You can feel it. And even if [readers] think, "My god, I would never get in those situations," within those ridiculous circumstances that I have created for myself, they know the way I respond is probably what they would do too.
Augusten Burroughs