Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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The face of evil is always the face of total need.

The face of evil is always the face of total need.

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas,...

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas,...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the...

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the...

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want...

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want...

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.