Quotes from: William S. Burroughs

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The face of ‘evil’ is always the face of total need

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The junk merchant doesn’t sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise. He degrades and simplifies the client

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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage

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Language is a virus from outer space

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When you stop growing you start dying

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You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative

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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer

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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing

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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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Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death