I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed them except to stick a needle every hour in the fibrous grey wooden flesh of heroin addiction. I did absolutely nothing.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

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...

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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

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

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...

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

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...

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.