Quote by Augusten Burroughs
Ive just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I

Ive just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and Im now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father. – Augusten Burroughs

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The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. Its not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work. – Augusten Burroughs

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When people meet me, many times theyre very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and Im not. – Augusten Burroughs

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My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse – my mother would beat up my father, basically – and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective. – Augusten Burroughs

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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. – Euripides

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I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people. – Jasmine Guy

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You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you dont truly love – you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever. – Piper Perabo

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There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail. – Sadie Frost

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