I am not a person and I am not an animal. There is something I am here for something I must do before I can go.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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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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Society is cancerous and bureaucracy is its cancer.
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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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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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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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I miss you so much your absence causes me, at times, accute pain. I don’t mean sexually. I mean in connection with my writing.
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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.
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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
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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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