I am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI 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.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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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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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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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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I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.
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I’m creating an imaginary — it’s always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.
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The face of evil is always the face of total need.
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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.
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Political 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.
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If you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
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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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When you stop growing you start dying.
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I am not a person and I am not an animal. There is something I am here for something I must do before I can go.
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