Other people sound flat to my ear; their words just hang in the air. But when my mother says something, the ends curl.
Augusten BurroughsI felt deeply tricked. Stunned. And furious. I also felt my default emotion: numbness.
Augusten BurroughsI think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren't good for you.
Augusten BurroughsMiracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles.
Augusten BurroughsDennis looked at the puppy in the window. We both did. It was the oddest thing. Normally, puppies in pet store windows sleep or pee or roll around on top of other dogs. This one ignored us its window-mates and was instead sitting with its nose pressed against the glass, looking at us with an extremely serious little expression on its face. An expression that seemed to me to be saying, "I am a sacred cow. Get out your wallet.
Augusten Burroughs