Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSHe who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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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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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
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The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
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When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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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.
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Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else’s ass.
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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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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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Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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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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