By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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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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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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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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If I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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There isn’t a feeling you can get on drugs that you can’t get without drugs.
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There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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The nonconformist here may be “beat down” by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
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What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.
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