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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSBlack magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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What a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. Hopeless rubbish.
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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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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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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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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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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
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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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Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks.
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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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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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