I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it.
Augusten BurroughsI think people might think, oh, I don't want to approach the big famous author because it's embarrassing, but then they think for two seconds about it and realize, this is, like, a toilet bowl reader.
Augusten BurroughsI'm not going to waste my energy looking into the eyes of someone like the guy who blew my legs off trying to find a way to forgive him for doing something that horrible when there are way more productive ways I could be spending my life. You've got to focus on moving on.
Augusten BurroughsEven when we lose an arm or a leg, there's not less of us but more. Human experience weighs more than human tissue.
Augusten BurroughsAcceptance, when it comes, arrives in waves: Listen with your chest. You will feel a pendulum swing within you, favoring one direction or another. And that is your answer. The answer is always inside your chest. The right choice weighs more. That's how you know. It causes you to lean in its direction.
Augusten Burroughs