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The 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.

William S. Burroughs

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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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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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There are no innocent bystanders.
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There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.
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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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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
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(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.
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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
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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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I began to get a feeling familiar to me from my bartending days of being the only sane man in a nuthouse. It doesn’t make you feel superior but depressed and scared, because there is nobody you can contact.
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Man 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.
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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
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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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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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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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