A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.

Quote by William S Burroughs

Topics: William S Burroughs Quotes

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

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...

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 way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

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

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

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.