Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

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

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

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

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.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

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...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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 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,...

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...

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...