Guts Quotes

“And at the end of the day, funny and interesting will always kick pretty and perfect’s ass.”
― Kristen Johnston, Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster

“At some point it dawned on me that I might actually be in big, big trouble. The thought was immediately followed by the staggering realization that despite years of slowly killing myself, all I wanted, with more passion and ferocity than I’d ever wanted anything else in my entire life, was to live.”
― Kristen Johnston, Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster

“Dear Amy,
It must really suck to know you peaked at twelve.

Love, Kristen”
― Kristen Johnston, Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster

“It was a dark day indeed when I was forced to admit that I was about as “special” and “unique” as a manila envelope. Even worse, I was beginning to suspect that this whole time, my fun, fabulous life was really just one long, meaningless, self-indugent, cliché-ridden thrill ride.”
― Kristen Johnston, Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster

“I think that there are many different ways of getting and staying sober. Like religion, I just don't think that one way is the only way.”
― Kristen Johnston, Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster

“Royal Young has accomplished a rare feat in his fresh and riveting debut: he manages to recount his fascinating youth and unconventional family with a mixture of humor, scathing honesty and tenderness. Much more than simply a book about a kid who dreams of stardom, Fame Shark is a thoughtful, hilarious and moving love letter to his family and the Lower East Side of New York City.”
― Kristen Johnston, Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster

“Whatever helps you not to use. (If pushing a peanut up a hill with your nose keeps you sober, well, then, just push a peanut up a hill with your nose.)”
― Kristen Johnston, Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster