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“We can translate word and letter into color - [Arthur] Rimbaud stated that in his color vowels, words quote "words" can be read in silent color.”

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William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs was an American novelist known for his unique writing style and his significant influence on postmodern literature. His works often involve social criticism, political satire, and surrealistic elements. more

“Forward steps are made by giving up old armor because words are built into you - in the soft typewriter of the womb you do not realize the word-armor you carry; for example, when you read this page your eyes move irresistibly from left to right following the words that you have been accustomed to.”

Giving Has Beens Made Eye Moving Left Realizing Steps Example Giving Up Pages Built Following Accustomed Womb Armor Typewriters

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“If you talk you always end up with politics, it gets nowhere. I mean man it's strictly from the soft typewriter.”

Ifs Men Mean Ends Typewriters Mean Man

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“For any species to change, if they are unable and are unwilling to do so - I might, for example, have suggested to the dinosaurs that heavy armor and great size was a sinking ship, and that they do well to convert to mammal facilities - it would not lie in my power or desire to reconvert a reluctant dinosaur.”

Ifs Wells Might Lying Desire Example Species Size Heavy Ships Facility Unwilling Armor Dinosaurs Reluctant Sinking Mammals

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“Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better.”

Politician Assuming Efficient

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“All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion.”

Political Emotion Machines Organization Function Factors Unpredictable

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“If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one person outside the machine to give the necessary orders; if the machine absorbed or eliminated all those outside the machine, the machine will slow down and stop forever.”

Ifs Giving Persons Order Individual Forever Duty Machines Performances Down And Efficiency Slow Down

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“Any unchecked impulse does, within the human body and psyche, lead to the destruction of the organism.”

Humans Doe Body Destruction Impulse Organisms Human Body

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“The whole point is, I feel the machine should be eliminated. Now that it has served its purpose of alerting us to the dangers of machine control.”

Feels Should Whole Purpose Danger Machines

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