Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
William S. Burroughs on sexuality
William S. Burroughs85 quotes“Too perfect to be sexually attractive.”
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William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs 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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William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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William S. BurroughsWilliam 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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