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
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
William S. Burroughs on awakening
William S. Burroughs85 quotes“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.”
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There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs There are no innocent bystanders.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs I’m definitely antiscientist because I feel that science represents a conspiracy to impose as the real and only universe, the universe of scientists themselves – they’re reality-addicts, they’ve got to have things so real so they can get their hands on it.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs 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.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs 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.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs 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.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs (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.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Language is a virus from outer space.
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