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More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
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.
A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?
You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you.
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.
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.
