Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can’t mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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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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There are no innocent bystanders.
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No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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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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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
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Language is a virus from outer space.
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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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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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He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
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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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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
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I miss you so much your absence causes me, at times, accute pain. I don’t mean sexually. I mean in connection with my writing.
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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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