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

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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,...

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

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.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

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

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

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...

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.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the...

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

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...

I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money.

I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money.

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge...

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

My basic advise is don't lose money.

My basic advise is don't lose money.