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

Quote by William S Burroughs

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A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators...

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up...

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up...

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...

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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...

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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,...