I bear my burden proudly for all to see, to conquer prejudice and ignorance and hate with knowledge and sincerity and love. Whenever you are threatened by a hostile presence, you emit a thick cloud of love like an octopus squirts out ink.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSBy the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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I’m definitely antiscientist because I feel that science represents a conspiracy to impose as the real and only universe, the universe of scientists themselves – they’re reality-addicts, they’ve got to have things so real so they can get their hands on it.
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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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If you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
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What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.
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I am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
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The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
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Society is cancerous and bureaucracy is its cancer.
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There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.
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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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