Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

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.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself...

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself...

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.

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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...

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...

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

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...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

My issue is race. I feel black people nowadays have to conform to this one...

My issue is race. I feel black people nowadays have to conform to this one...

Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.

Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.