Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

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

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

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 deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

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...

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

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...

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.

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

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

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

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

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

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

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 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,...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

The face of evil is always the face of total need.

The face of evil is always the face of total need.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

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...