I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSA paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
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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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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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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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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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Language is a virus from outer space.
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In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.
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If after having been exposed to someone’s presence you feel as if you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.
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The world is now a virus.
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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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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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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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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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