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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSWhat a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. Hopeless rubbish.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.
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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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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
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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 am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
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Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
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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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If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
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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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There isn’t a feeling you can get on drugs that you can’t get without drugs.
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The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
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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.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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