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Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.
Augusten Burroughs
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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Optimism 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.
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Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face.
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Do not wait for the healing to arrive. It will never come. The holes will never leave or be filled with anything at all. But holes are interesting things.
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I never could have written the screenplay because I would have been forced to learn new software and I can't learn one more thing.
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I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren't good for you.
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It's weird - sort of not terribly wise - to take a book that was successful and then change its cover.
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I never listen to music when I write.
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Self-pity is the bestiality of emotions: it absolutely disgusts people. When you're feeling pity for yourself, and somebody says to you 'You think maybe it's time for the pity party to be over? You should stop feeling sorry for yourself and try to think positive,' it makes you wish you could saw their head off.
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And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.
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Like cubic zirconia, I only look real. I'm an imposter. The fact is, I am not like other people.
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Red hair is great. It's rare, and therefore superior.
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My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God' sort of way.
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I was learning that if I lived slightly in the future-what will happen next-I didn't have to feel so much about what was going on in the present.
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When I first thought of being a writer I had visions of stacks of books in stores with my name on them, that sort of thing. But I never imagined this would be the reaction.
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Writing has enriched my life in ways I never imaged.
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If you hate your life, you haven't' seen enough of it. If you hate your life, it's because your life is too small and doesn't' fit you.
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All of us are richer and more fascinating and more complex than we can ever know.
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Because here is the truth: If you want to have a chance at meeting somebody with whom you are genuinely compatible, never put your best foot forward.
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Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them.
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Long marriages have ended in ruin over tiny and insignificant grievances that were never properly aired and instead grew into a brittle barnacle of hatred.
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