Quote by Augusten Burroughs
I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fi

I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didnt have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams. – Augusten Burroughs

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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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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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I married the man of my dreams in 1998. – Cindy Margolis

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A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door. – Joan Lunden

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If you want your dreams to come true, dont over sleep. – Yiddish Proverb

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The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it cant wake up. – David Herbert Lawrence

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The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. – Pierre Charron

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I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. – Harry S. Truman

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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. – H. L. Mencken

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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which weve developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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