I’m creating an imaginary — it’s always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSMan 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.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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The face of evil is always the face of total need.
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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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If I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.
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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
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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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There is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.
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