Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

Quote by William S Burroughs

Topics: Change Quotes, Despair Quotes

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...

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

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

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

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

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.

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...

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a...

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a...

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an...

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an...