You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSSmash the control images. Smash the control machine.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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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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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
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Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.
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People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.
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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.
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No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
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A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.
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There are no innocent bystanders.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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