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It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Shane Dawson returns with another highly entertaining and uproariously funny essay collection, chronicling a mix of real life moments both extraordinar

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“Some were better than others, but they all had one thing in common: they were terrible.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: Potential, Better Person, Terrible Person, humor

“Ya. Some guys never learn.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: Learning, Lessons

“To everyone who gets me, thank you. To everyone who doesn't, thank you too. You give me the motivation to keep succeeding just to piss you off.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: Gratitude, inspiration, motivation

“And nowadays, I keep my promises.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: promises, Keeping Promises

“Isn’t that weird how you never see a fat kid eat? We always do it in private, as if we are fooling anyone. How sad.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: eating, Eating Behavior, fat, Eating Habits

“All those years I had thought my first choice would be Sour Patch Kids but then I realized God had a different plan for me. Peanut butter and chocolate. Praise the Lord.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: plan, Fate, God, dessert

“Now this isn't meant to make anyone feel like college is a waste of time, because for so many people it's not. But don't go because you feel like you have to. If your heart isn't in it, then why spend four years of your life stuck somewhere you don't want to be?”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: College, Advice, college life, Decisions

“I'm here to tell you that it gets worse. It really does. The problems you have as a kid will seem ridiculous when you get older because bigger and worse problems will come along. But you will learn to deal with them easier as you grow up, or, like me, you'll just stop giving a shit. So yes, it gets…”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: Age, Youth, Advice, Reality

“If you're passionate about something, give it your all, and you will find happiness.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: Passion, Passionate, Effort, Happiness

“You'll never know where life is gonna take you. You'll never know where your life is gonna go. But you'll never be able to find out if you end it.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: Suicide, Death, Sadness, Future

“Don't kill yourself, kill the part of you that you don't like.”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

Tagged: Suicide, Death