After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSLanguage is a virus from outer space.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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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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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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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 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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(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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Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
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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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Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, “I am not paid to listen to this drivel – you are a terminal fool!” Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.
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If I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.
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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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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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There isn’t a feeling you can get on drugs that you can’t get without drugs.
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