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Quote by William S. Burroughs

“As an old junk pusher told me, 'Watch whose money you pick up.'”

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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

“Consider the impasse of a one-God universe. He is all-knowing and all-powerful. He can't go anywhere, since He is already everywhere. He can't do anything, since the act of doing presupposes opposition. His universe is irrevocably thermodynamic, having no friction by definition. So, He has to create friction: War, Fear, Sickness, Death, to keep his dying show on the road.”

War Shows Universe Powerful Knowing Dying Definitions Sickness Opposition Friction Impasse

Author:William S. Burroughs

“I am trying like Klee, to create something that will have a life of its own, that can put me in real danger, a danger which I willingly take on myself.”

Trying Real Danger

Book:Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader

Source: Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader

“I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness.”

Looks Age Common Five Calm Flesh Sickness Forty Sane Borrowed Good Health Liver Hashish

Book:Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

Source: Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

“The future exists only in our imagination it is a collective story waiting for our voices to express that can only happen when you and I are willing to enter the emptiness listening in the silence until we can begin to create a future we can befriend.”

Stories Happens Waiting Voice Imagination Silence Willing Listening Emptiness Collectives

Author:Dawna Markova

“Sound will be the medicine of the future.”

Sound Medicine

Author:Edgar Cayce

“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

People Want Helping Dream Universe Interesting Achieve Possibility Capable Dreams Come True Want Something Alchemist Alchemist Love Alchemist Book Conspiring Amazing Book

Author:Paulo Coelho

“If the ride is more fly, then you must buy.”

Ifs Progress

Author:Snoop Dogg

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