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More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
Language is a virus from outer space.
There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?
Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.
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.
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.
One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know... Once the breakthrough is made, there is a permanent expansion of awareness. But there is always a reaction of rage, of outrage, at the first breakthrough... So the artist, then, expands awareness. And once the breakthrough is made, this becomes part of the general awareness.
Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you.
