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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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...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

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...

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

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

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...