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

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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.

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...

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.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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...

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.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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,...

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

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

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

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

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

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...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.

People generally despise where they flatter

People generally despise where they flatter