Augusten Burroughs Quotes

What I learned early on, is that it's not really fun to do things alone.

Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.

No possession is gratifying without a companion.

Happily, though we must each walk through life on our own, we don't have to do it alone.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we can say how sweet solitude is.

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.

The truth is, the reason why a party is fun is because you are enjoying the people you are with. It doest have much to do with the decor or what you wear... It's really just about being with each other and spending special time together.

To film with our family is awesome - you have to hang out with each other, and I love that because I hate being alone.

Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.

It's always nice when two people who don't got no one else find each other as friends.

How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people.... Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable.

Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story ... your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we're lucky, our stories join into one, and for a while, we're less alone.

People are meant to go through life two by two. ’Tain’t natural to be lonesome.

Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.

When I walked into the Christian section of a bookstore, the message was clear: Faith is something you do alone. Rick does not have much tolerance for people living alone. He's like Bill Clinton in that he feels everyone's pain. If Rick thinks somebody is lonely, he can't sleep at night. He wants us all to live with each other and play nice so he can get some rest. Tortured soul.

You have to be with other people, he thought. In order to live at all. I mean before they came here I could stand it... But now it has changed. You can't go back, he thought. You can't go from people to nonpeople." - J.R. Isidore

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.

No person loving or admiring himself is alone.

I like having people with me to lean on and write with and have fun with.

The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. We create these communities from women who share common conditions, and those mothers carry each other through.

Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something, together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.

Trust me on this: no one is better off alone.