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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSHustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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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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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.
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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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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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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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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.
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Language is a virus from outer space.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.
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