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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

William S. Burroughs

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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Crazy Listening Mental Paid Sympathy Yourself
In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Accident Magical Universe Willing
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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Friendship Need Presence Togetherness Yourself
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
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Himself Important Individual Possible Training Win
Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can’t mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Business Disease Mindset Trouble Virus World
The simplest questions are the most difficult.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Difficult One Liner Question Simplicity
Life is a vacation from two eternities.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Forever Life Philosophy Vacation
There is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Hallucination Impact Reality Symbol World
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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Burden Hate Ignorance Knowledge Love Prejudice Presence Proud Sincere Threat Yourself
In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Boredom Country Die
Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else’s ass.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Change Home Learning Move Yourself
I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Assume Care Hate Myself People Position
Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Fiction Story Word
There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Dreams Place Practice
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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Conflict Hope Manifestation Operation Politics Profit Situation Surface Yourself
I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Feeling Hope Myself Politics Rise State

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