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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military. - William S. Burroughs
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This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. - William S. Burroughs
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In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed. - William S. Burroughs
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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative. - William S. Burroughs
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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. - William S. Burroughs
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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. - William S. Burroughs
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Like all pure creatures, cats are practical. - William S. Burroughs
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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing. - William S. Burroughs
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Language is a virus from outer space. - William S. Burroughs
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Nothing is true, everything is permitted. - William S. Burroughs
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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. - William S. Burroughs
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The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits. - William S. Burroughs
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine. - William S. Burroughs
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A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. - William S. Burroughs
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Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside. - William S. Burroughs
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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence. - William S. Burroughs
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No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death. - William S. Burroughs
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Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts. - William S. Burroughs
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The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body. - William S. Burroughs
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Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. - William S. Burroughs
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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.' - William S. Burroughs
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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. - William S. Burroughs
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. - William S. Burroughs
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. - William S. Burroughs
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