If all pleasure is relief from tension, junk affords relief from the whole life process, in disconnecting the hypothalamus, which is the center of psychic energy and libido.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI 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.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time, and you can’t see it if you refuse to face the possibility.
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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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The world is now a virus.
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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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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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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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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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
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Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.
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He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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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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