#Quote
More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it’s for a reason.
A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. hopeless rubbish.
Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
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.
in the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen
The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.