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Famous William S. Burroughs Quotes
“I think Judge Learned Hand was a cultured, intelligent man.”
“I like the idea of generalizing the narcotic thing by making it black meat addiction.”
“I read a lot of books for information, like doctor books, spy books. . . .”
“Exorcism is a subject that interests me, and books on shamanism, I've read through.”
“It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy.”
“Like Spain, I am bound to the past.”
“Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered, and I fear I never will.”
“Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is.”
“Cheat your landlord if you can -- and must -- but do not try to shortchange the Muse.”
“There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?”
“when I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow.”
“Knowing you might not make it... in that knowledge courage is born.”
“Everything Jack says is to be taken with considerable reserve.”
“Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time.”
“Is Control controlled by its need to control? Answer: yes.”