I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSIf, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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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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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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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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Be just and if you can’t be just, be arbitrary.
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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.
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Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks.
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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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If you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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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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