Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw everybody else. You're not a bottle of Valium.
Augusten BurroughsThe most valuable moments and experiences that life has to offer are found only along its most treacherous paths.
Augusten BurroughsLike cubic zirconia, I only look real. I'm an imposter. The fact is, I am not like other people.
Augusten BurroughsI 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 BurroughsSome damage is too severe, some harm endures. And what you have to do is accept it. And by accept it I mean, donโt be the paralyzed person in the bed who is waiting to walk again. Realize, itโs never gonna happen. And find some other way to get around โswing from a vine, get a Mad Max wheelchair. Anything butโฆwait.
Augusten Burroughs