I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest. This, at least, had not been left behind at the hospital.
Augusten BurroughsMiracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles.
Augusten BurroughsOptimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you. Part of being in control is taking responsibility for how you feel. This means not just admitting to uncomfortable feelings but then examining your circumstances to see what can be done to change these feelings at the source.
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 BurroughsA lot of people can be afraid of the masking because people can misrepresent themselves [in the Internet] and they can pose as people they're not. Well, yeah; that's true. That's one side of it. But the other side of it is that it equalizes you and if you happen to be a person who is not equal in the eyes of the greater society that's a damn good thing.
Augusten Burroughs