A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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There are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
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Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
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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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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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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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He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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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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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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There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.
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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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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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