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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere are no innocent bystanders.
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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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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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I began to get a feeling familiar to me from my bartending days of being the only sane man in a nuthouse. It doesn’t make you feel superior but depressed and scared, because there is nobody you can contact.
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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
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There are no innocent bystanders.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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If you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
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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.
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Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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