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. BURROUGHSPolitical 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.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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I am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren’t cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow it.
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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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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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I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
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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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You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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The world is now a virus.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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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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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
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