There are no innocent bystanders.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSHow long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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If after having been exposed to someone’s presence you feel as if you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.
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The nonconformist here may be “beat down” by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
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A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.
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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is.
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I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
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If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
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The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time, and you can’t see it if you refuse to face the possibility.
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There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.
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I’m creating an imaginary — it’s always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.
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There is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
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I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren’t cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow it.
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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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