Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

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.

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...

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.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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...

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,...

I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall...

I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall...

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...

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

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...

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.

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.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test...

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test...

There are people who would like to get rid of minimum wage. But we have...

There are people who would like to get rid of minimum wage. But we have...