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. BURROUGHSEvery word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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There are no innocent bystanders.
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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
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I am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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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 project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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