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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.

William S. Burroughs

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.
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Business Disease Mindset Trouble Virus World
Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
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Forever Life Time Waste Yourself
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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Feeling Hope Myself Politics Rise State
There isn’t a feeling you can get on drugs that you can’t get without drugs.
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Drugs Feeling Yourself
A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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Consumer Production Simplicity Society
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
There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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Innocence Passenger Place
By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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Emerge Flaw Photograph Truth
I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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Change Crazy Mindset Myself Thinking
When you stop growing you start dying.
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Death Growth Stop Yourself
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
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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Defense Feeling Intense Love Reserve Risk
I am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
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Day Journey Myself Oneself Return
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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Change Home Learning Move Yourself
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
I’m definitely antiscientist because I feel that science represents a conspiracy to impose as the real and only universe, the universe of scientists themselves – they’re reality-addicts, they’ve got to have things so real so they can get their hands on it.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Feeling Hands Myself Reality Representation Science Universe

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