Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

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.

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...

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.

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.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want...

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

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

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

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

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.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

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.