After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThe nonconformist here may be “beat down” by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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I am not a person and I am not an animal. There is something I am here for something I must do before I can go.
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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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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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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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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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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.
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