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William S. Burroughs Quotes

William S. Burroughs quotes

American Writer February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997

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William S. Burroughs quote: "Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger,..."
Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger, junkies lose their yellow fangs feeding the monkey. William S. Burroughs
Moor did not have tuberculosis or kidney trouble or undulant fever. He was sick with the sickness of death. Death was in every cell of his body. William S. Burroughs
The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets. William S. Burroughs
he asked if i wouldn't like to live completely without problems, say in greece maybe, nice climate, everything provided? i say: "when we find out what we are actually doing and who we actually are, that is the point of living...it may be only a few seconds...a few seconds of significant actions, out of a lifetime... William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs quote: "Whatever happened to God's justice? I am convinced that God..."
Whatever happened to God's justice? I am convinced that God exist and God is one asshole. William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs quote: "dream long enough and dream hard enoughyou will come to..."
dream long enough and dream hard enoughyou will come to knowdreaming can make it so... William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs quote: "Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively..."
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs quote: "There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business."
There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business. William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs quote: "when I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow."
when I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow. William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs quote: "The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous..."
The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs quote: "(A boat in lake.) I was afraid it would turn over at high..."
(A boat in lake.) I was afraid it would turn over at high speed. Dreams less and less interesting. William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs quote: "Open your mind and let the pictures out"
Open your mind and let the pictures out William S. Burroughs
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. William S. Burroughs
All over America, people were pulling credentials out of their pockets and sticking them under someone else's nose to prove they had been somewhere or done something. And I thought someday everyone in America will suddenly jump up and say, 'I don't take any shit!' and start pushing and cursing and clawing at the man next to him. William S. Burroughs
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. Burroughs

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