There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSLife is a vacation from two eternities.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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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.
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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There are no innocent bystanders.
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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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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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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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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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He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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I am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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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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